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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 5:3Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
אָדָםʾādāmAdam
שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בִּדְמוּתוֹbidəmûtwōIn resemblance
כְּצַלְמוֹkəṣaləmwōLike phantom
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שֵׁתšētSheth

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