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Haranהָרָןdiedוַיָּמָתin the presenceעַל פְּנֵיof Terahתֶּרַחhis fatherאָבִיוin the landבְּאֶרֶץof his birth,מוֹלַדְתּוֹin Urבְּאוּרof the Chaldeans.כַּשְׂדִּים
Genesis 11:28
Study it in the app“Haran died in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 11:28, word by word
- Haranהָרָןharan
Haran
Haran, the name of men: above all Abram's brother and Lot's father. It is not the same name as the city of Haran (in Hebrew they are spelled differently).
Where else “haran” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- in the presenceפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of Terahתֶּרַחterach
Terah
Terah, the father of Abram; also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “terach” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of his birthמוֹלַדְתּmoladt
birth
The fact of coming into the world, or the place where someone was born.
Where else “moladt” appears- in Urאוּרur
Ur
See it on the mapWhere else “ur” appears- of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears
Places in this verse
Ur ?
Today: possibly Tell el-Muqayyar, southern Iraq
A city in Mesopotamia, probably in what is now southern Iraq; its location is debated.
Abram and his family left Ur of the Chaldeans for Canaan (Gen 11:31). God had brought him out from there (Gen 15:7).
The context
27Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
28 · This verse (above)
29Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
To study Genesis 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people in the land of Shinar say as they built their city and tower (vv. 3-4)?
2. What it means
Why did YHWH confuse their language and scatter them over the whole earth (vv. 6-9)?
3. How I live it
In what you are planning, what is for making a name for yourself, and what is for serving others?