GENESIS 10:9

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

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Genesis 10:9 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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He הֽוּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are He
was הָיָ֥ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) was
a mighty גִבֹּֽר Powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant mighty
hunter צַ֖יִד The chase; also game (thus taken) hunter
before לִפְנֵ֣י The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the Lord: יְהוָ֑ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
wherefore כֵּן֙ Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) wherefore
it is said, יֵֽאָמַ֔ר To say (used with great latitude) said
Even as Nimrod כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד Nimrod, a son of Cush Even Nimrod
the mighty גִּבּ֥וֹר Powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant mighty
hunter צַ֖יִד The chase; also game (thus taken) hunter
before לִפְנֵ֥י The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the Lord. יְהוָֽה׃ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord

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  • 7  And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

  • 8  And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

  • 9  He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

  • 10  And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  • 11  Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,




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