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Genesis 5:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.


Genesis 5:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:3111 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וְשִׁבְעִיםwəšivəʿîmAnd seventy
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁבַעûšəvaʿAnd seven
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיָּמֹתwayāmōtAnd die
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וְשִׁבְעִיםwəšivəʿîmAnd seventy
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁבַעûšəvaʿAnd seven
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיָּמֹתwayāmōtAnd die

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