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Genesis 11:24

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

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וַיְחִ֣יvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to 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.נָח֔וֹרnachorNahorנָחוֹרnoun, proper name — “Nahor”H5152Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of AbrahamNahor.תֵּ֥שַׁעteshanineתֵּשַׁעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “nine”, the ordinary formH8672nine or (ordinal) ninthnine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםveesrimand twentyעֶשְׂרִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).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).תָּֽרַחtarachTarahתֶּרַחnoun, proper name — “Tarah”H8646Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the DesertTarah, Terah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.

World English Bible

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

Darby Translation

And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

Douay-Rheims

And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Ναχὼρ ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἑβδομηκονταεννέα, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Θάῤῥα.