Genesis 5:29

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֶת־שְׁמ֛וֹ נֹ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֞֠‪[c]‬ה יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן יָדֵ֔ינוּ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֽ͏ֵרְרָ֖הּ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wayyiqrāʾ ʾet-šəmô nōaḥ lēmōr this yənaḥămēnû from-maʿăśēnû ûmēʿiṣṣəbôn yādênû from-hāʾădāmāh ʾăšer ʾērərāh yəhwāh

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqrāʾ*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive - and he called
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
• *nōaḥ*: proper noun - Noah
• *lēmōr*: preposition *lə-* + qal infinitive construct of *ʾāmar* - saying
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun - this
• *yənaḥămēnû*: 3rd masculine singular piel imperfect of *nāḥam* with 1st plural suffix - he will comfort us
• *maʿăśēnû*: masculine plural noun with 1st plural suffix with prefix *min* - from our work
• *ûmēʿiṣṣəbôn*: conjunction *wə-* + preposition *min* + masculine singular noun - and from toil/pain
• *yādênû*: feminine plural noun with 1st plural suffix - our hands
• *hāʾădāmāh*: definite article *hā-* + feminine singular noun with preposition *min* - from the ground
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *ʾērərāh*: 3rd masculine singular piel perfect of *ʾārar* with 3rd feminine singular suffix - he cursed it
• *yəhwāh*: proper noun - YHWH/the LORD

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqrāʾ*: called/named/proclaimed
• *nōaḥ*: Noah (proper name, meaning 'rest' or 'comfort')
• *yənaḥămēnû*: comfort us/bring us relief/console us
• *maʿăśēnû*: our work/our labor/our toil
• *ʿiṣṣəbôn*: pain/toil/hardship/sorrow
• *yādênû*: our hands/our efforts/our labor
• *hāʾădāmāh*: the ground/the soil/the earth/the land
• *ʾērərāh*: cursed it/placed under a curse/condemned
• *yəhwāh*: YHWH/the LORD (divine name)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:17-19 : 17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
• Gen 4:11-12 : 11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
• Gen 6:8-9 : 8 ¶ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9 These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
• Gen 7:23 : 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.
• Gen 9:24 : 24 ¶ And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
• Isa 54:9 : 9 For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
• Ezek 14:14 : 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 14:20 : 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
• Matt 24:37 : 37 ‹But as the days of Noe› [were], ‹so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›
• Luke 3:36 : 36 Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of Arphaxad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,
• Luke 17:26-27 : 26 ‹And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.› 27 ‹They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.›
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
• 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;