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Genesis 10:30

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

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וַֽיְהִ֥יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מוֹשָׁבָ֖םmoshavamseatמוֹשָׁבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, populationassembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.מִמֵּשָׁ֑אmimeshafrom Meshaמֵשָׁאpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Mesha”H4852Mesha, a place in ArabiaMesha.בֹּאֲכָ֥הboakhahto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, the to-form of the verbH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…סְפָ֖רָהsefarahSepharסְפָרnoun, proper name, directional ending — “Sephar”H5611Sephar, a place in ArabiaSephar.הַ֥רharhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.הַקֶּֽדֶםhaqedemthe beforeקֶדֶםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Young’s Literal Translation

and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

World English Bible

Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Darby Translation

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as one goes to Sephar, the eastern mountain.

Douay-Rheims

And their dwelling was from Messa as we go on as far as Sephar, a mountain in the east.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ κατοίκησις αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ Μασσῆ ἕως ἐλθεῖν εἰς Σαφηρὰ ὄρος ἀνατολῶν.