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Genesis 11:25

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

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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.נָח֗וֹרnachorNahorנָחוֹרnoun, proper name — “Nahor”H5152Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of AbrahamNahor.אַחֲרֵי֙achareafterאַחַרpreposition — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…הוֹלִיד֣וֹholidvobearיָלַדverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to 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).תֶּ֔רַחterachTarahתֶּרַחnoun, proper name — “Tarah”H8646Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the DesertTarah, Terah.תְּשַֽׁעteshanineתֵּשַׁעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “nine”, the ordinary formH8672nine or (ordinal) ninthnine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).עֶשְׂרֵ֥הesrehteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).שָׁנָ֖הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וּמְאַ֣תumeatand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, construct — “and hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.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).וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand 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…בָּנִ֖יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וּבָנֽוֹתuvanotand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

World English Bible

Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

Darby Translation

And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

Douay-Rheims

And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Nachor lived after he had begotten Tharrha, an hundred and twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Ναχὼρ, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Θάῤῥα, ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιπὲντε, καὶ ἐγεννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, καὶ ἀπέθανε.