Genesis 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:”

Genesis 5:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:1614 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

מַהֲלַלְאֵלmahălaləʾēlMahalalel

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾet—

יֶרֶדyeredJered

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וּשְׁמֹנֶהûšəmōnehAnd eight

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

מַהֲלַלְאֵלmahălaləʾēlMahalalel

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יֶרֶדyeredJered

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וּשְׁמֹנֶהûšəmōnehAnd eight

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

Explore community notes on Genesis 5:16

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion