Genesis 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:”
Genesis 5:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 5:312 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
אָדָםʾādāmAdam
שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בִּדְמוּתוֹbidəmûtwōIn resemblance
כְּצַלְמוֹkəṣaləmwōLike phantom
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet—
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שֵׁתšētSheth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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