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I will put enmity between your seed and her SEED

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Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 3:

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed.
and her seed
זַרְעָ֑הּ (zar·‘āh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Grammatically, it was a singular noun. Pragmatically, it was also a collective noun that could be treated as singular or plural, depending on the context. What was the context?

He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
He
ה֚וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

H1931 was an unambiguous singular pronoun referring to the H2233-seed-offspring.

Christians often interpret this as prophesying the coming Messiah, the son of Mary.
 
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