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And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: (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 5:26 word 1
מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַחme.tu.She.lachMethuselah
Lemma: מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח (me.tu.she.lach) · Strong's: H4968
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Methuselah
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 5:21, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:27, 1 Chronicles 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4968; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 2
אַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.Reiafter
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)
Meaning: after
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 3
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered he
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
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 5:26 word 4
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 5:26 word 5
לֶ֔מֶךְLe.mekhLamech
Lemma: לֶ֫מֶךְ (le.mekh) · Strong's: H3929H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Lamech
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:28, Genesis 5:30, Genesis 5:31, 1 Chronicles 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3929H; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 6
שְׁתַּ֤יִםshe.Ta.yimtwo
Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HAcfda)
Meaning: two
Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 7
וּשְׁמוֹנִים֙u.she.mo.Nimand eighty
Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים (she.mo.nim) · Strong's: H8084
Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)
Meaning: eighty
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:28, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 35:28, Exodus 7:7, Numbers 2:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8084; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 8
שָׁנָ֔הsha.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 5:26 word 9
וּשְׁבַ֥עu.she.Va'and seven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Acbsc (Acbsc)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 10
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAcfpa)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 11
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 5:26 word 12
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.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 5:26 word 13
בָּנִ֖יםba.Nimsons
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 14
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃u.va.Notand daughters
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Genesis 5:26 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And after | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| he had become the father of | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| Lamech | → | לֶ֫מֶךְ H3929H Lamech |
| Methuselah | → | מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח H4968 Methuselah |
| lived | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| 782 | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| . . . | → | שְׁמֹנִים H8084 eighty |
| . . . | → | שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| and had [other] | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| and daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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