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Genesis 5:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:


Genesis 5:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:1314 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
קֵינָןqênānKenan
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young
אֶתʾet
מַהֲלַלְאֵלmahălaləʾēlMahalalel
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁמֹנֶהûšəmōnehAnd eight
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
קֵינָןqênānKenan
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מַהֲלַלְאֵלmahălaləʾēlMahalalel
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁמֹנֶהûšəmōnehAnd eight
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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