The Meaning of Genesis 19:37 Explained

Genesis 19:37

KJV: And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

YLT: and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he is father of Moab unto this day;

Darby: And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.

ASV: And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the firstborn  bare  a son,  and called  his name  Moab:  the same  [is] the father  of the Moabites  unto this day. 

What does Genesis 19:37 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 19

1  Lot entertains two angels
4  The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness
12  Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law
15  He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar
24  Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed
26  Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt
29  Lot dwells in a cave
31  The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon

What do the individual words in Genesis 19:37 mean?

And bore the firstborn a son and she called his name Moab he [is] the father of the Moabites to this day
וַתֵּ֤לֶד הַבְּכִירָה֙ בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ מוֹאָ֑ב ה֥וּא אֲבִֽי־ מוֹאָ֖ב עַד־ הַיּֽוֹם

וַתֵּ֤לֶד  And  bore 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
הַבְּכִירָה֙  the  firstborn 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: בְּכִירָה  
Sense: firstborn daughter, firstborn (of women).
בֵּ֔ן  a  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וַתִּקְרָ֥א  and  she  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
שְׁמ֖וֹ  his  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
מוֹאָ֑ב  Moab 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹואָב 
Sense: a son of Lot by his eldest daughter.
ה֥וּא  he  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
אֲבִֽי־  the  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
מוֹאָ֖ב  of  the  Moabites 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹואָב 
Sense: a son of Lot by his eldest daughter.
הַיּֽוֹם  this  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.