“And it came to pass,” | וַיְהִ֖י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | came pass |
“as they journeyed” | בְּנָסְעָ֣ם | Properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey | journeyed |
“from the east,” | מִקֶּ֑דֶם | The front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) | east |
“that they found” | וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ | Properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present | found |
“a plain” | בִקְעָ֛ה | Properly, a split, i.e., a wide level valley between mountains | plain |
“in the land” | בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
“of Shinar;” | שִׁנְעָ֖ר | Shinar, a plain in Babylonia | Shinar |
“and they dwelt” | וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | dwelt |
“there.” | שָֽׁם׃ | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | there |