Genesis 11:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;

King James Bible
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Hebrew
And
וַֽיְהִ֖י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

as people journeyed
בְּנָסְעָ֣ם (bə·nā·sə·‘ām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey

eastward,
מִקֶּ֑דֶם (miq·qe·ḏem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

they found
וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ (way·yim·ṣə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

a plain
בִקְעָ֛ה (ḇiq·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1237: A split, a wide level valley between mountains

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Shinar
שִׁנְעָ֖ר (šin·‘ār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8152: Shinar -- another name for Babylon

and settled
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

there.
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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