Genesis 6:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”

Genesis 6:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:315 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדוֹןyādwōnRule

רוּחִיrûḥîWind

בָאָדָםvāʾādāmIn ruddy

לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed

בְּשַׁגַּםbəšagamIn assemblage

הוּאhûʾHe

בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

יָמָיוyāmāywDay

מֵאָהmēʾāhHundred

וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדוֹןyādwōnRule

רוּחִיrûḥîWind

בָאָדָםvāʾādāmIn ruddy

לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed

בְּשַׁגַּםbəšagamIn assemblage

הוּאhûʾHe

בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

יָמָיוyāmāywDay

מֵאָהmēʾāhHundred

וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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