Genesis 10:27
in Genesis 10Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
KJV
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseShem, the third son of Noah, had five sons, who inhabited the land that began at Euphrates, and reached to the Indian Ocean. For Elam left behind him the Elamites, the ancestors of the Persians.
This site's exposition
Joktan was the father of Almodad
on Genesis 10:26-31
Joktan's thirteen sons are counted out in full and then never taken up again. Havilah is the country the Pishon ran through at 2:11, where the gold was, while Sheba and Ophir stand behind the queen who came to Solomon and the fleet that fetched his gold. Their territory ran from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hills.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah. The posterity of Hadoram, from the likeness of the name and sound, might seem to be the Adramitae of Ptolemy (f), but Bochart (g) thinks they are the Drimati of Pliny (h), who dwelt in the extreme corner of Arabia, to the east, near the Macae, who were at the straits of the Persian Gulf; and he observes, that the extreme promontory of that country was called Corodamum, by transposition of the letters "D" and "R": Uzal gave name to a city which is still so called; for R.
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah. The posterity of Hadoram, from the likeness of the name and sound, might seem to be the Adramitae of Ptolemy (f), but Bochart (g) thinks they are the Drimati of Pliny (h), who dwelt in the extreme corner of Arabia, to the east, near the Macae, who were at the straits of the Persian Gulf; and he observes, that the extreme promontory of that country was called Corodamum, by transposition of the letters "D" and "R": Uzal gave name to a city which is still so called; for R.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֲדוֹרָ֥ם | hadoram | Hadoram | H1913 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אוּזָ֖ל | ʾuzal | Uzal | H187 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דִּקְלָֽה׃ | diklah | Diklah | H1853 → |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הֲדוֹרָ֥םHadoram
hadoramH1913 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אוּזָ֖לUzal
ʾuzalH187 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
דִּקְלָֽה׃Diklah
diklahH1853 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews - Book I, Chapter 6, Sections 4.