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Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 3:
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?
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.
and her seed15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your 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?
HeHe will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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.