Genesis 5:29 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.”

Genesis 5:29 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:2915 words

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

זֶהzehThis

יְנַחֲמֵנוּyənaḥămēnûSigh

מִמַּעֲשֵׂנוּmimaʿăśēnûFrom action

וּמֵעִצְּבוֹןûmēʿiṣəvwōnAnd from worrisomeness

יָדֵינוּyādênûHand

מִןminPart

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֵרְרָהּʾērərāhExecrate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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