The Meaning of Genesis 10:3 Explained

Genesis 10:3

KJV: And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

YLT: And sons of Gomer are Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

Darby: And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

ASV: And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Gomer;  Ashkenaz,  and Riphath,  and Togarmah. 

What does Genesis 10:3 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 10:3 mean?

And the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah
וּבְנֵ֖י : גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְרִיפַ֖ת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה

וּבְנֵ֖י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
: גֹּ֑מֶר  of  Gomer 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּמֶר 
Sense: the eldest son of Japheth and grandson of Noah; the progenitor of the early Cimmerians and other branches of the Celtic family.
אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז  Ashkenaz 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַשְׁכְּנַז  
Sense: a descendant of Japheth.
וְרִיפַ֖ת  and  Riphath 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּיפַת 
Sense: the 2nd son of Gomer.
וְתֹגַרְמָֽה  and  Togarmah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: תֹּגַרְמָה  
Sense: son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth, and great grandson of Noah.

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