Genesis 6:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, ‘My Spirit doth not strive in man—to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:’ and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

King James Bible
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Hebrew
So the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“My Spirit
רוּחִ֤י (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

{will} not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

contend
יָד֨וֹן (yā·ḏō·wn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1777: A straight course, sail direct

with man
בָֽאָדָם֙ (ḇā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

forever,
לְעֹלָ֔ם (lə·‘ō·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

for
בְּשַׁגַּ֖ם (bə·šag·gam)
Preposition-b, Pronoun - relative | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

he [is]
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

mortal;
בָשָׂ֑ר (ḇā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

his days
יָמָ֔יו (yā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

{shall} be
וְהָי֣וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

120
מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

years.”
שָׁנָֽה׃ (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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