Genesis 5:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.”
Genesis 5:27 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 5:2711 words
וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
מְתוּשֶׁלַחmətûšelaḥMethushelach
תֵּשַׁעtēšaʿNine
וְשִׁשִּׁיםwəšišîmAnd sixty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּתְשַׁעûtəšaʿAnd nine
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיָּמֹתwayāmōtAnd die
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