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Genesis 11:12

“And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַרְפַּכְשַׁדʼArpakshad · ar-pak-shad'
H775 · Hebrew

Definition: Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by him
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
KJV renderings: Arphaxad.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣ד — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:22 Genesis 10:24 Genesis 11:10 Genesis 11:11 Genesis 11:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַרְפַּכְשַׁד here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.