Genesis 4 – Line 00106

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 4:26

וּלְשֵׁת גַּם־הוּא יֻלַּד־בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ אָז הוּחַל לִקְרֹא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

ul-shet gam-hu yullad-ben vayiqra et-shemo enosh az huchal liqro beshem YHWH

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וּלְשֵׁת

Transliteration: ul-shet

Lexical Root: ו (vav) + ל (le) + שת (shet)

Part of Speech: Conjunction + preposition + proper noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

and to Seth

WORD 2

Original: גַּם־הוּא

Transliteration: gam-hu

Lexical Root: גם (gam) + הוא (hu)

Part of Speech: Adverb + pronoun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

also he

he too

even he

WORD 3

Original: יֻלַּד

Transliteration: yullad

Lexical Root: ילד (yalad)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Pual perfect 3rd person masculine singular

Lexical Range:

was born

was brought forth

was delivered

WORD 4

Original: בֵּן

Transliteration: ben

Lexical Root: בן (ben)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

son

male child

descendant

WORD 5

Original: וַיִּקְרָא

Transliteration: vayiqra

Lexical Root: קרא (qara)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav-consecutive

Lexical Range:

and he called

and he named

and he proclaimed

WORD 6

Original: אֶת־שְׁמוֹ

Transliteration: et-shemo

Lexical Root: שם (shem)

Part of Speech: Direct object marker + noun with pronominal suffix

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

his name

WORD 7

Original: אֱנוֹשׁ

Transliteration: enosh

Lexical Root: אנוש (enosh)

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

Enosh (personal name)

man / mortal (root meaning, not applied here)

WORD 8

Original: אָז

Transliteration: az

Lexical Root: אז (az)

Part of Speech: Adverb

Lexical Range:

then

at that time

WORD 9

Original: הוּחַל

Transliteration: huchal

Lexical Root: חלל (chalal)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Hophal perfect 3rd person masculine singular

Lexical Range:

it was begun

it was profaned

it was initiated

Notable Observations:

Ambiguity exists in whether usage is passive of "begin" or "profane"; unresolved in manuscript tradition

WORD 10

Original: לִקְרֹא

Transliteration: liqro

Lexical Root: קרא (qara)

Part of Speech: Verb (infinitive construct)

Grammatical Info: Qal

Lexical Range:

to call

to proclaim

to invoke

to read aloud

WORD 11

Original: בְּשֵׁם

Transliteration: beshem

Lexical Root: ב (be) + שם (shem)

Part of Speech: Preposition + noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

in the name

by the name

through the name

WORD 12

Original: יְהוָה

Transliteration: YHWH

Lexical Root: היה (h-y-h)

Part of Speech: Proper noun (divine name)

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

YHWH (tetragrammaton; divine name)

Notable Observations:

Not vocalized in traditional readings; referential rather than phonetic

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

The passive “yullad” introduces Enosh’s birth in contrast to active “yalad” forms in earlier lines.

Shift from lineage narration to communal ritual act: “huchal liqro beshem YHWH.”

Debate over verb “huchal” centers on whether meaning is “began” (initiated) or “was profaned”; the form supports both depending on context.

Word pair “liqro beshem” recurs throughout Torah for acts of invocation and naming.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

LXX translates “huchal” as “began,” implying public invocation of deity.

No alternate readings confirmed in Samaritan Pentateuch.

DSS fragments do not cover this verse.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Culminates Genesis 4 genealogy, closing the Cain/Seth division (Lines_00081–00106).

Thematic shift from familial to communal, from violence to invocation.

Sets theological precedent for “calling on the name of YHWH” as covenantal act (cf. Genesis 12:8, Exodus 34:5).

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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