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Genesis 4:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.


Genesis 4:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:1911 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
לוֹlwōTo
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united
עָדָהʿādāhAdah
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
הַשֵּׁנִיתhašēnîtThe double
צִלָּהṣilāhTsillah
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
לוֹlwōTo
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united
עָדָהʿādāhAdah
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
הַשֵּׁנִיתhašēnîtThe double
צִלָּהṣilāhTsillah

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