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And he calledוַיִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹNoah,נֹחַsaying,לֵאמֹר“This oneזֶהwill comfort usיְנַחֲמֵנוּfrom our workמִמַּעֲשֵׂנוּand from the toilוּמֵעִצְּבוֹןof our hands,יָדֵינוּfrom the groundמִן הָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas cursed.”אֵרְרָהּ
Genesis 5:29
Study it in the app“And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us from our work and from the toil of our hands, from the ground that YHWH has cursed.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 5:29, word by word
- And he calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- will comfort usיְנַחֲמֵyenachame
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “yenachame” appears- from our workמַּעֲשֵׂmaase
labor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appears- and from the toilעִצְּבוֹןitsvon
painful toil
Toil, labor that hurts and wearies; pain. The same word is used for the pain of the woman in childbirth and for the man's labor with the ground (Genesis 3:16-17).
Where else “itsvon” appears- of our handsיָדֵיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- from the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has cursedאֵרְרָerra
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “erra” appears
Translation note
“Noah” (Noach) sounds somewhat like “will comfort us” (yenachamenu).
Parallel passages
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From Adam to Noah
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Genesis 5:1-32
1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim created the human being, in the likeness of Elohim he made him. 2Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and called their name “Human Being” in the day they were created. 3And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth. 4And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years; and he fathered sons and daughters. 5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. 6And Seth lived one hundred and five years and fathered Enosh. 7And Seth lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters. 8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years and he died. 9And Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Kenan. 10And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years and fathered sons and daughters. 11And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years and he died. 12And Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalalel. 13And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years and fathered sons and daughters. 14And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years and he died. 15And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and fathered Jared. 16And Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared eight hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters. 17And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years and he died. 18And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and fathered Enoch. 19And Jared lived after he fathered Enoch eight hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years and he died. 21And Enoch lived sixty-five years and fathered Methuselah. 22And Enoch walked with Elohim after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24And Enoch walked with Elohim, and he was not, for Elohim took him.
1Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The context
28And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and fathered a son.
29 · This verse (above)
30And Lamech lived after he fathered Noah five hundred and ninety-five years and fathered sons and daughters.
To study Genesis 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does the text say about Enoch and how his life ended (vv. 22-24)?
2. What it means
What does it show about human life that nearly every name in the list ends with “and he died”?
3. How I live it
What would you like people to remember about how you walked with Elohim, as is said of Enoch?