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And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: (KJV)
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וַֽיְחִי\־vay.chi-and 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 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9, Genesis 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 1
שֵׁ֕תshetSeth
Lemma: שֵׁת (shet) · Strong's: H8352
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Seth
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8352; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 2
חָמֵ֥שׁcha.Meshfive
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21, Genesis 5:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 3
שָׁנִ֖יםsha.Nimyears
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 4
וּמְאַ֣תu.me.'Atand one hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Acfsc (Acfsc)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 5
שָׁנָ֑הsha.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 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 6
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fathered
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 5:6 word 7
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 5:6 word 8
אֱנֽוֹשׁ\׃'e.No.oshEnosh
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0583
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Enosh
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, 1 Chronicles 1:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0583; TAHOT Genesis 5:6 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Seth | → | שֵׁת H8352 Seth |
| was | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| 105 | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| . . . | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| years old | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| he became the father of | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| Enosh | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0583 Enosh |
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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