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And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: (KJV)
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וַֽיְחִ֣יvay.Chiand he lived
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to live
Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9, Genesis 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 1
אָדָ֗ם'a.DamAdam
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0121G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Adam
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0121G; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 2
שְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםshe.lo.Shimthirty
Lemma: שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) · Strong's: H7970
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: thirty
Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:14, Genesis 11:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7970; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 3
וּמְאַת֙u.me.'Atand one hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Acfsc (Acfsc)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 4
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 5
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he became a father
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 6
בִּדְמוּת֖וֹbid.mu.Toin own likeness his
Lemma: דְּמוּת (de.mut) · Strong's: H1823
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: likeness
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:1, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Chronicles 4:3, Psalms 58:4, Isaiah 13:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1823; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 7
כְּצַלְמ֑וֹke.tzal.Moaccording to image his
Lemma: צֶ֫לֶם (tse.lem) · Strong's: H6754
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: image
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 9:6, Numbers 33:52, 1 Samuel 6:5, 1 Samuel 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6754; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 8
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to call: call by
Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 9
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 10
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname his
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 11
שֵֽׁת\׃ShetSeth
Lemma: שֵׁת (shet) · Strong's: H8352
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Seth
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8352; TAHOT Genesis 5:3 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Adam | → | אָדָם H0121G Adam |
| was | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| 130 | → | שְׁלֹשִׁים H7970 thirty |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| years old | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| he had a son | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| in his own likeness | → | דְּמוּת H1823 likeness |
| after his own image | → | צֶ֫לֶם H6754 image |
| and he named him | → | קָרָא H7121H to call: call by |
| Seth | → | שֵׁת H8352 Seth |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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