Verse 7

{ "verseID": "Genesis.5.7", "source": "וֽ͏ַיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ת אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אֱנ֔וֹשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃", "text": "*wayḥî*-*šēt* *ʾaḥărê* *hôlîdô* *ʾet*-*ʾĕnôš* *šebaʿ* *šānîm* *ûšəmōneh* *mēʾôt* *šānāh* *wayyôled* *bānîm* *ûbānôt*", "grammar": { "*wayḥî*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *ḥāyāh* - and he lived", "*šēt*": "proper noun - Seth", "*ʾaḥărê*": "preposition - after", "*hôlîdô*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his begetting", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ʾĕnôš*": "proper noun - Enosh", "*šebaʿ*": "cardinal number - seven", "*šānîm*": "feminine plural of *šānāh* - years", "*ûšəmōneh*": "conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and eight", "*mēʾôt*": "feminine plural of *mēʾāh* - hundreds", "*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*wayyôled*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect consecutive - and he begat", "*bānîm*": "masculine plural of *bēn* - sons", "*ûbānôt*": "conjunction *wə-* + feminine plural of *bat* - and daughters" }, "variants": { "*wayḥî*": "lived/existed/remained alive", "*šēt*": "Seth (proper name, meaning 'appointed/placed')", "*ʾaḥărê*": "after/following/subsequent to", "*hôlîdô*": "his begetting/his fathering", "*ʾĕnôš*": "Enosh (proper name, meaning 'man/mortal')", "*wayyôled*": "begat/fathered/brought forth", "*bānîm*": "sons/male children/descendants", "*bānôt*": "daughters/female children/female descendants" } }

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