Genesis 5:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:”

Genesis 5:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:2615 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

מְתוּשֶׁלַחmətûšelaḥMethushelach

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾet—

לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek

שְׁתַּיִםšətayimTwo

וּשְׁמוֹנִיםûšəmwōnîmAnd eighty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וּשְׁבַעûšəvaʿAnd seven

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

מְתוּשֶׁלַחmətûšelaḥMethushelach

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek

שְׁתַּיִםšətayimTwo

וּשְׁמוֹנִיםûšəmwōnîmAnd eighty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וּשְׁבַעûšəvaʿAnd seven

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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