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Genesis 11:12

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

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וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣דvearpakhshadand Arphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁדconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Arphaxad”H775Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by himArphaxad.חַ֔יchayliveחָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “live”, a completed actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.חָמֵ֥שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםusheloshimand thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to 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).שָֽׁלַחshalachSalahשֶׁלַחnoun, proper name — “Salah”H7974Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarchSalah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.

World English Bible

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

Darby Translation

And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.

Douay-Rheims

And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἀρφαξὰδ ἑκατὸν τριακονταπέντε ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν.