Verse 25

{ "verseID": "Genesis.5.25", "source": "וַיְחִ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃", "text": "*wayḥî* *mətûšelaḥ* *šebaʿ* *ûšəmōnîm* *šānāh* *ûməʾat* *šānāh* *wayyôled* *ʾet*-*lāmek*", "grammar": { "*wayḥî*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *ḥāyāh* - and he lived", "*mətûšelaḥ*": "proper noun - Methuselah", "*šebaʿ*": "cardinal number - seven", "*ûšəmōnîm*": "conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and eighty", "*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*ûməʾat*": "conjunction *wə-* + feminine singular construct - and hundred", "*wayyôled*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect consecutive - and he begat", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*lāmek*": "proper noun - Lamech" }, "variants": { "*wayḥî*": "lived/existed/remained alive", "*mətûšelaḥ*": "Methuselah (proper name, meaning possibly 'man of the dart')", "*wayyôled*": "begat/fathered/brought forth", "*lāmek*": "Lamech (proper name, meaning uncertain)" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:18 : 18 { "verseID": "Genesis.4.18", "source": "וַיִּוָּלֵ֤ד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ֙ אֶת־עִירָ֔ד וְעִירָ֕ד יָלַ֖ד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל יָלַד֙ אֶת־מְת֣וּשָׁאֵ֔ל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵ֖ל יָלַ֥ד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃", "text": "And-*yiwwaled* to-*Ḥanok* *ʾet*-*ʿIrad* and-*ʿIrad* *yalad* *ʾet*-*Meḥuyaʾel* and-*Meḥiyyaʾel* *yalad* *ʾet*-*Metushaʾel* and-*Metushaʾel* *yalad* *ʾet*-*Lamek*", "grammar": { "*yiwwaled*": "niphal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - was born", "*la-Ḥanok*": "preposition + proper noun - to Enoch", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ʿIrad*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Irad", "*yalad*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - begot/fathered", "*Meḥuyaʾel*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Mehujael", "*Meḥiyyaʾel*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Mehijael (variant spelling)", "*Metushaʾel*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Methusael", "*Lamek*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Lamech" }, "variants": { "*yiwwaled*": "was born/became father to/begot", "*yalad*": "begot/fathered/became the father of" } }