Genesis 5:4

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ יְמֵי־אָדָ֗ם אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֵׁ֔ת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wayyihyû yəmê-ʾādām ʾaḥărê hôlîdô ʾet-šēt šəmōneh mēʾōt šānāh wayyôled bānîm ûbānôt

Grammar Details

• *wayyihyû*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine plural qal imperfect consecutive of *hāyāh* - and they were
• *yəmê*: masculine plural construct of *yôm* - days of
• *ʾādām*: proper noun, masculine - Adam/man
• *ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
• *hôlîdô*: hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his begetting
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šēt*: proper noun - Seth
• *šəmōneh*: cardinal number - eight
• *mēʾōt*: 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

Word Meanings

• *wayyihyû*: were/became/existed
• *yəmê*: days/lifetime/period
• *ʾaḥărê*: after/following/subsequent to
• *hôlîdô*: his begetting/his fathering
• *šēt*: Seth (proper name, meaning 'appointed/placed')
• *bānîm*: sons/male children/descendants
• *bānôt*: daughters/female children/female descendants

Referenced Verses

• Luke 3:36-38 : 36 which was the sonne of Cainan: which was the sonne of Arphaxat: which was the sonne of Sem: which was the sonne of Noe: which was the sonne of Lameth: 37 which was the sonne of Mathusala: which was the sonne of Enoch: which was the sonne of Iareth: which was the sonne of Malalehel. which was the sonne of Cainan: 38 which was the sonne of Enos: which was the sonne of Seth: which was the sonne of Adam: which was the sonne of God.
• Gen 5:7 : 7 And after he had begot Enos he lyved.viij. hundred and.vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
• Gen 5:10 : 10 And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij. hundred and.xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
• Gen 5:13 : 13 And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved.viij. hundred and.xl. yere and begat sonnes and doughters:
• Gen 5:19 : 19 and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch.viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
• Gen 5:22 : 22 And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala.iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
• Gen 5:26 : 26 and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved.vij. hundred and.lxxxij. yere ad begat sonnes and doughters.
• Gen 5:30 : 30 And Lamech lyved after he had begot Noe v. hundred nynetie and.v. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
• Gen 9:1 : 1 And God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayd vnto them: Increase and multiplye and fyll the erth.
• Gen 9:7 : 7 See that ye encrease and waxe and be occupyde vppon the erth and multiplye therein.
• Gen 11:12 : 12 And Arphacsad lyued.xxxv. yere and begat Sala
• Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them. Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth.