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Genesis 5:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:


Genesis 5:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:2510 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
מְתוּשֶׁלַחmətûšelaḥMethushelach
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וּשְׁמֹנִיםûšəmōnîmAnd eighty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
אֶתʾet
לָמֶךְlāmeḵəLemek
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
מְתוּשֶׁלַחmətûšelaḥMethushelach
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וּשְׁמֹנִיםûšəmōnîmAnd eighty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לָמֶךְlāmeḵəLemek

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