Genesis 5:12 Go deeper

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: (KJV)

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וַֽיְחִ֥יvay.Chiand he lived

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 1

קֵינָ֖ןkei.NanKenan

Lemma: קֵינָן (qe.nan) · Strong's: H7018

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Kenan

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 5:9, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:14, 1 Chronicles 1:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7018; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 2

שִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'Imseventy

Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)

Meaning: seventy

Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7, Genesis 46:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 3

שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 4

וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fathered

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 5

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 6

מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל\׃Ma.ha.lal.'ElMahalalel

Lemma: מַהֲלַלְאֵל (ma.ha.lal.el) · Strong's: H4111G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Mahalalel

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:17, 1 Chronicles 1:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4111G; TAHOT Genesis 5:12 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

When Kenan	→	קֵינָן H7018 Kenan
was	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
70	→	שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy
years old	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
he became the father of	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
Mahalalel	→	מַהֲלַלְאֵל H4111G Mahalalel

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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