2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 11:2:1 ⧉וֽ͏ַיְהִ֖יvayehi{And} it happened Genesis 11:2:2 ⧉בְּנָסְעָ֣םbenaseamin their journeying Genesis 11:2:3 ⧉מִקֶּ֑דֶםmikedemfrom the east Genesis 11:2:4 ⧉וֽ͏ַיִּמְצְא֥וּvayimtseu{And} they found Genesis 11:2:5 ⧉בִקְעָ֛הvikaha plain Genesis 11:2:6 ⧉בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin the land of Genesis 11:2:7 ⧉שִׁנְעָ֖רshinarShinar Genesis 11:2:8 ⧉וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvayeshvu{And} they settled Genesis 11:2:9 ⧉שָֽׁם׃shamthere |
2. Formal Translation And as they journeyed onward from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there. |
2. Dynamic Translation During their movement from the east, they discovered a broad plain in Shinar, and they made that place their home. |