Genesis 5:25 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:”
Genesis 5:25 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 5:2510 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
מְתוּשֶׁלַחmətûšelaḥMethushelach
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וּשְׁמֹנִיםûšəmōnîmAnd eighty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
אֶתʾet—
לָמֶךְlāmeḵəLemek
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