H8352 H8352
Seth: the third son of Adam and Eve, appointed as a replacement for Abel after Cain's fratricide, ancestor of the line leading to Noah.
The proper name of Adam and Eve's third son, born after Cain murdered Abel. Eve named him Seth, explaining 'God has appointed for me another offspring in place of Abel' (Gen 4:25), linking the name to the root shit meaning 'to set, appoint.' Through Seth runs the genealogical line from Adam to Noah recorded in Genesis 5, making him the ancestor of all post-Flood humanity. The Septuagint renders the name as Seth, and this form passed into all major translation traditions. Numbers 24:17 mentions 'sons of Seth' in Balaam's oracle, though some scholars emend this to 'sons of tumult.'
Senses
1. Sheth — The masculine proper noun Seth (שֵׁת), naming the son born to Adam and Eve as divinely appointed replacement for the slain Abel (Gen 4:25-26). The name is popularly connected to the verb shit ('to set, place, appoint'), reflecting Eve's declaration that God 'set' another seed for her. The genealogy of Genesis 5:3-8 traces Seth's line through Enosh and onward to Noah, establishing him as the progenitor of the faithful line of humanity. He appears in 1 Chronicles 1:1 at the head of the genealogical record. In Numbers 24:17, Balaam's prophecy mentions 'all the sons of Seth,' though this may be a textual variant for 'tumult' (se'et). Translations are remarkably uniform: Greek Seth, Spanish 'Set,' French 'Seth,' German 'Schet'—all preserving the Hebrew consonants. 8×
AR["شِيت", "شِيثَ", "شِيثُ", "وَ-لِ-شِيثَ"]·ben["এবং-শেথের", "শেথ", "শেথের"]·DE["Schet", "Schets", "[שת]", "und-dem-Schet"]·EN["And-to-Sheth", "Sheth"]·FR["Et-à-Sheth", "Seth", "Sheth"]·heb["ו-ל-שת", "שת"]·HI["और-शेत-के-लिए", "शेत", "शेत-के", "शेत-को"]·ID["Dan-bagi-Set", "Set"]·IT["And-a-Sheth", "Set", "Sheth"]·jav["Set", "Sèt", "lan-dhateng-Set"]·KO["그리고-에-셋", "셋", "셋-의", "셋-이"]·PT["E-a-Sete", "Sete", "Shet"]·RU["И-Сифу", "Сиф", "Сифа", "Шет"]·ES["Set", "Y-a-Set"]·SW["Na-kwa-Sethi", "Sethi"]·TR["Ve-Şit'e", "Şit", "Şit'i", "Şit'in"]·urd["اور-شیت-کو", "سیت", "سیت-کے", "شیت"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. שֵׁת n.pr.m. third son of Adam; Gn 4:25 (where expl. from √ שִׁית), v 26 5:3, 4, 6, 7, 8; 1 Ch 1:1; Σηθ.—In כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵׁת Nu 24:17 (poem in J), read prob. שֵׁאת tumult (cf. La 3:47), or שְׂאֵת (v. sub נשׂא), cf. Gray.—ii. שֵׁת, v. II. שׁתה.