Genesis 5:21 Go deeper

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: (KJV)

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וַֽיְחִ֣יvay.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 5:21 word 1

חֲנ֔וֹךְcha.NokhEnoch

Lemma: חֲנוֹךְ (cha.nokh) · Strong's: H2585H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Enoch

Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:19, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 5:24, 1 Chronicles 1:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2585H; TAHOT Genesis 5:21 word 2

חָמֵ֥שׁcha.Meshfive

Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: five

Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT Genesis 5:21 word 3

וְשִׁשִּׁ֖יםve.shi.Shimand sixty

Lemma: שִׁשִּׁים (shish.shim) · Strong's: H8346

Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)

Meaning: sixty

Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:20, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 5:27, Genesis 25:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8346; TAHOT Genesis 5:21 word 4

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 5:21 word 5

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 5:21 word 6

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 5:21 word 7

מְתוּשָֽׁלַח\׃me.tu.Sha.lachMethuselah

Lemma: מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח (me.tu.she.lach) · Strong's: H4968

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Methuselah

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:27, 1 Chronicles 1:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4968; TAHOT Genesis 5:21 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

When Enoch	→	חֲנוֹךְ H2585H Enoch
was	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
65	→	שִׁשִּׁים H8346 sixty
. . .	→	חָמֵשׁ H2568 five
years old	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
he became the father of	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
Methuselah	→	מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח H4968 Methuselah

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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