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Genesis 10:8-12

8AndCushוְכ֖וּשׁve.KhushH3568begotNimrodנִמְרֹ֑דnim.RodH5248:hebeganH2490tobeלִֽהְי֥וֹתlih.YotH1961mightyגִּבֹּ֖רgi.BorH1368ontheearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

9HewasH1961amightyגִבֹּֽר־gi.bor-H1368hunterbeforeJehovah;thereforeH3651itissaidH559,AsNimrodכְּנִמְרֹ֛דke.nim.RodH5248,themightyגִּבּ֥וֹרgi.BorH1368hunterbeforeJehovah!

10Andthebeginningofhiskingdomמַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙mam.lakh.ToH4467wasH1961Babel,andErech,andAccad,andCalnehוְכַלְנֵ֑הve.khal.NehH3641,inthelandבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofShinarשִׁנְעָֽר׃shin.'ArH8152.

11Fromthatlandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776wentH3318outAsshurH804,andbuiltH1129Ninevehנִ֣ינְוֵ֔הnin.VehH5210,andRehoboth-Ir,andCalahכָּֽלַח׃Ka.lachH3625,

12andResen,betweenNinevehנִֽינְוֵ֖הnin.VehH5210andCalahכָּ֑לַחKa.lachH3625:thisisthegreatהַגְּדֹלָֽה׃ha.ge.do.LahH1419cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892.

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