Genesis 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:”

Genesis 5:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:413 words

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

יְמֵיyəmêDay

אָדָםʾādāmAdam

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾet—

שֵׁתšētSheth

שְׁמֹנֶהšəmōnehEight

מֵאֹתmēʾōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

יְמֵיyəmêDay

אָדָםʾādāmAdam

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁתšētSheth

שְׁמֹנֶהšəmōnehEight

מֵאֹתmēʾōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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