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Genesis 5:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:


Genesis 5:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:289 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
שְׁתַּיִםšətayimTwo
וּשְׁמֹנִיםûšəmōnîmAnd eighty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
שְׁתַּיִםšətayimTwo
וּשְׁמֹנִיםûšəmōnîmAnd eighty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon

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