Genesis 5:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:”

Genesis 5:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:218 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

חֲנוֹךְḥănwōḵəChanok

חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive

וְשִׁשִּׁיםwəšišîmAnd sixty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

מְתוּשָׁלַחmətûšālaḥMethushelach

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

חֲנוֹךְḥănwōḵəChanok

חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive

וְשִׁשִּׁיםwəšišîmAnd sixty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מְתוּשָׁלַחmətûšālaḥMethushelach

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