The Meaning of Genesis 10:21 Explained

Genesis 10:21

KJV: Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

YLT: As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:

Darby: And to Shem to him also were sons born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

ASV: And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Unto Shem  also, the father  of all the children  of Eber,  the brother  of Japheth  the elder,  even to him were [children] born. 

What does Genesis 10:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 10

1  The generations of Noah
2  Japheth
6  Ham
8  Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan
21  The sons of Shem

What do the individual words in Genesis 10:21 mean?

And to Shem were born [sons] even to him the father of all the sons of Eber the brother of Japheth the elder
וּלְשֵׁ֥ם יֻלַּ֖ד גַּם־ ה֑וּא אֲבִי֙ כָּל־ בְּנֵי־ עֵ֔בֶר אֲחִ֖י יֶ֥פֶת הַגָּדֽוֹל

וּלְשֵׁ֥ם  And  to  Shem 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes.
יֻלַּ֖ד  were  born  [sons] 
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
גַּם־  even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
ה֑וּא  to  him 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
אֲבִי֙  the  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
כָּל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֵ֔בֶר  of  Eber 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵבֶר  
Sense: son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan.
אֲחִ֖י  the  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
יֶ֥פֶת  of  Japheth 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶפֶת  
Sense: the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia.
הַגָּדֽוֹל  the  elder 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.

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