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Hebrew wordlink #1838

OSHB Gen 5:3 שֵׁת (shēt) Strongs=8352 Lemma=‘שֵׁת’
contextual word gloss=‘Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Person=Seth Year=-3874 TimeSeries=Lifetime_of_Adam,Birth_of_Seth

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Other uses (7) of identical word form שֵׁת (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שֵׁת’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 3 different glosses: ‘Seth’, ‘of_Seth’, ‘of_Sheth’.

GEN 4:25 contextual word gloss=‘Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’ OSHB GEN 4:25 word 11

OET-LV: 25 And_ ʼĀdām _he/it _knew again DOM his/its_wife/woman and_she/it _gave _birth a _son and_she/it _called/named DOM his/its_name Shēt if/because he _has _appointed to_me god offspring another in _place _of Heⱱel/(Abel) if/because he/it _killed_him/it Qayin/(Cain). (GEN_4:25)

OET-RV: 25 Then Adam slept with his wife again and she bore a son and named him Shet (Seth) (which means ‘given’) because she had said, “God has given me another son in place of Hevel who was killed by Kayin.” (GEN 4:25)

GEN 5:4 contextual word gloss=‘Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’ OSHB GEN 5:4 word 7

OET-LV: 4 And_ the _days _of _they _were of _ʼĀdām after fathering_by _him/it DOM Shēt eight hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters. (GEN_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 After Shet’s birth, Adam lived another 800 years and had other sons and daughters. (GEN 5:4)

GEN 5:6 contextual word gloss=‘Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’ OSHB GEN 5:6 word 2

OET-LV: 6 and_he/it _lived Shēt five years and_one _hundred year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM ʼEnōsh. (GEN_5:6)

OET-RV: 6 When Shet was 105 years old, he had a son named Enosh. (GEN 5:6)

GEN 5:7 contextual word gloss=‘Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’ OSHB GEN 5:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 And_he/it _lived Shēt after fathering_by _him/it DOM ʼEnōsh seven years and_eight hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters. (GEN_5:7)

OET-RV: 7 After Enosh’s birth, Seth lived another 807 years and had other sons and daughters. (GEN 5:7)

GEN 5:8 contextual word gloss=‘of_Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’ OSHB GEN 5:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 And_ all _of _they _were the _days _of Shēt two _plus ten year[s] and_nine hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _died. (GEN_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 So Shet lived a total of 912 years, and then he died. (GEN 5:8)

NUM 24:17 contextual word gloss=‘of_Sheth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Seth’ OSHB NUM 24:17 word 19

OET-LV: 17 I_see _him and_not now I_observe _him and_not near a _star it _will _march _forth from_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_ a _scepter _it _will _arise from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_it _will _smash the _corners _of Mōʼāⱱ and_it _will _destroy all _of the _descendants _of Sheth. (NUM_24:17)

OET-RV: 17 I see him, but not now.
⇔ ≈ I’ll look at him, but he’s not close.
⇔ A star has marched out from Yakov (Jacob),
⇔ ≈ and a staff has risen from Yisrael (Israel).
⇔ He will crush Moav’s corners,
⇔ ≈ and destroy all of Shet’s (Seth’s) descendants. (NUM 24:17)

1 CHR 1:1 contextual word gloss=‘Seth’ possible word glosses=‘Shet / Shēt’ OSHB 1 CHR 1:1 word 2

OET-LV: 1 ʼĀdām Shēt ʼEnōsh. (CH1_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 Adam, Shet (Seth), Enosh, (CH1 1:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שֵׁת’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘Seth’, ‘buttock’, ‘of_Seth’, ‘of_Sheth’, ‘six’.