Genesis 4:26

American Standard Version (1901)

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְשֵׁ֤ת גַּם־הוּא֙ יֻלַּד־בֵּ֔ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֱנ֑וֹשׁ אָ֣ז הוּחַ֔ל לִקְרֹ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And-to-Shet also-he yullad-ben and-he-yiqraʾ ʾet-his-name ʾEnosh then huḥal liqroʾ in-name-of YHWH

Grammar Details

• *u-le-Shet*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and to Seth
• *gam*-*huʾ*: adverb + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - also he
• *yullad*: pual perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was born
• *ben*: noun, masculine singular - son
• *yiqraʾ*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - called
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *shemo*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
• *ʾEnosh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Enosh
• *ʾaz*: adverb - then/at that time
• *huḥal*: hophal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it was begun
• *liqroʾ*: qal infinitive construct - to call
• *be-shem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - by/on the name of
• *YHWH*: divine name

Word Meanings

• *ʾaz huḥal liqroʾ be-shem YHWH*: then began calling on the name of YHWH/then it was begun to invoke the name of YHWH
• *ʾEnosh*: man/mortal/humanity (as meaning of name)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 116:17 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of Jehovah.
• Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:
• 1 Kgs 18:24 : 24 And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
• Gen 12:8 : 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
• Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• Acts 11:26 : 26 and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
• Rom 10:13 : 13 for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• Luke 3:38 : 38 the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.
• Eph 3:14-15 : 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
• Gen 26:25 : 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
• Deut 26:17-18 : 17 Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice: 18 and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
• Isa 48:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
• Isa 63:19 : 19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
• Jer 33:16 : 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.