Genesis 5:32 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Genesis 5:32 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:3214 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

בֶּןbenSon

חֲמֵשׁḥămēšFive

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

אֶתʾet—

שֵׁםšēmShem

אֶתʾet—

חָםḥāmCham

וְאֶתwəʾet—

יָפֶתyāp̄etJepheth

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

בֶּןbenSon

חֲמֵשׁḥămēšFive

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁםšēmShem

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חָםḥāmCham

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָפֶתyāp̄etJepheth

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