Original Language Studio
Genesis 4:26
“And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֵׁתShêth · shayth
H8352 · Hebrew
H8352 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Sheth, third son of Adam
- Derivation
- from H7896 (שִׁית); put, i.e. substituted;
- KJV renderings
- Seth, Sheth.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- שֵׁ֤ת — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:25Genesis 5:3Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:6Genesis 5:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֵׁת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.