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Genesis 5:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.


Genesis 5:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:1711 words
וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
מַהֲלַלְאֵלmahălaləʾēlMahalalel
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
וְתִשְׁעִיםwətišəʿîmAnd ninety
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁמֹנֶהûšəmōnehAnd eight
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיָּמֹתwayāmōtAnd die
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
מַהֲלַלְאֵלmahălaləʾēlMahalalel
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
וְתִשְׁעִיםwətišəʿîmAnd ninety
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁמֹנֶהûšəmōnehAnd eight
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיָּמֹתwayāmōtAnd die

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