Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 6:3 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 6:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“said And the LORD strive My spirit with man shall not always for that he also is flesh yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | H559 | said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | יְהוָ֗ה | H3068 | And the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 3 | לֹֽא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 4 | יָד֨וֹן | H1777 | strive | to rule; by implication to judge (as umpire); also to strive (as at law) |
| 5 | רוּחִ֤י | H7307 | My spirit | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
| 6 | בָֽאָדָם֙ | H120 | with man | ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) |
| 7 | לְעֹלָ֔ם | H5769 | shall not always | properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial |
| 8 | בְּשַׁגַּ֖ם | H1571 | for that he also | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and |
| 9 | ה֣וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 10 | בָשָׂ֑ר | H1320 | is flesh | flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man |
| 11 | וְהָי֣וּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 12 | יָמָ֔יו | H3117 | yet his days | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
| 13 | מֵאָ֥ה | H3967 | shall be an hundred | a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| 14 | וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים | H6242 | and twenty | twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth |
| 15 | שָׁנָֽה׃ | H8141 | years | a year (as a revolution of time) |
Verse Context
Genesis 6:2saw That the sons of God the daughters of men...
Genesis 6:3 (current)said And the LORD strive My spirit with man shall not always for that he also is flesh yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years
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