Verse 26

{ "verseID": "Genesis.5.26", "source": "וֽ͏ַיְחִ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־לֶ֔מֶךְ שְׁתַּ֤יִם וּשְׁמוֹנִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃", "text": "*wayḥî* *mətûšelaḥ* *ʾaḥărê* *hôlîdô* *ʾet*-*lemek* *šəttayim* *ûšəmônîm* *šānāh* *ûšəbaʿ* *mēʾôt* *šānāh* *wayyôled* *bānîm* *ûbānôt*", "grammar": { "*wayḥî*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *ḥāyāh* - and he lived", "*mətûšelaḥ*": "proper noun - Methuselah", "*ʾaḥărê*": "preposition - after", "*hôlîdô*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his begetting", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*lemek*": "proper noun - Lamech", "*šəttayim*": "cardinal number, feminine - two", "*ûšəmônîm*": "conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and eighty", "*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*ûšəbaʿ*": "conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and seven", "*mēʾôt*": "feminine plural of *mēʾāh* - hundreds", "*wayyôled*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect consecutive - and he begat", "*bānîm*": "masculine plural of *bēn* - sons", "*ûbānôt*": "conjunction *wə-* + feminine plural of *bat* - and daughters" }, "variants": { "*wayḥî*": "lived/existed/remained alive", "*mətûšelaḥ*": "Methuselah (proper name, meaning possibly 'man of the dart')", "*ʾaḥărê*": "after/following/subsequent to", "*hôlîdô*": "his begetting/his fathering", "*lemek*": "Lamech (proper name, meaning uncertain)", "*wayyôled*": "begat/fathered/brought forth", "*bānîm*": "sons/male children/descendants", "*bānôt*": "daughters/female children/female descendants" } }

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