Verse 28

{ "verseID": "Genesis.5.28", "source": "וֽ͏ַיְחִי־לֶ֕מֶךְ שְׁתַּ֧יִם וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד בֵּֽן׃", "text": "*wayḥî*-*lemek* *šəttayim* *ûšəmōnîm* *šānāh* *ûməʾat* *šānāh* *wayyôled* *bēn*", "grammar": { "*wayḥî*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *ḥāyāh* - and he lived", "*lemek*": "proper noun - Lamech", "*šəttayim*": "cardinal number, feminine - two", "*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", "*bēn*": "masculine singular noun - son" }, "variants": { "*wayḥî*": "lived/existed/remained alive", "*lemek*": "Lamech (proper name, meaning uncertain)", "*wayyôled*": "begat/fathered/brought forth", "*bēn*": "son/male child/male descendant" } }

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