The Meaning of Genesis 10:31 Explained

Genesis 10:31

KJV: These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

YLT: These are sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.

Darby: These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

ASV: These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [are] the sons  of Shem,  after their families,  after their tongues,  in their lands,  after their nations. 

What does Genesis 10:31 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 10:31 mean?

These [were] the sons of Shem according to their families according to their languages in their lands according to their nations
אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־ שֵׁ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם

אֵ֣לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שֵׁ֔ם  of  Shem 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם  according  to  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑ם  according  to  their  languages 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לָשֹׁון  
Sense: tongue.
בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם  in  their  lands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם  according  to  their  nations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.

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