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Genesis 10:8

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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וְכ֖וּשׁvekhushand Cushכּוּשׁconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Cush”H3568Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an IsraeliteChush, Cush, Ethiopia.יָלַ֣דyaladbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).נִמְרֹ֑דnimrodNimrodנִמְרוֹדnoun, proper name — “Nimrod”H5248Nimrod, a son of CushNimrod.ה֣וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.הֵחֵ֔לhechelbeginחָלַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “begin”, a completed actionH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…לִֽהְי֥וֹתlihyotto beהָיָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to be”, the to-form of the verbH1961to 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.גִּבֹּ֖רgiborchampionגִּבּוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “champion”, the ordinary formH1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrantchampion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.בָּאָֽרֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

World English Bible

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Darby Translation

And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

Douay-Rheims

Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χοὺς δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Νεβρώδ· οὗτος ἤρξατο εἶναι γίγας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.