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Genesis 5:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:


Genesis 5:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:3015 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young
אֶתʾet
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
וְתִשְׁעִיםwətišəʿîmAnd ninety
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַחֲמֵשׁwaḥămēšAnd five
מֵאֹתmēʾōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
וְתִשְׁעִיםwətišəʿîmAnd ninety
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַחֲמֵשׁwaḥămēšAnd five
מֵאֹתmēʾōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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