Genesis 4:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֥וֹ לֶ֖מֶךְ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֑ים שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ עָדָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית צִלָּֽה׃

Transliteration

And-yiqqaḥ-to-him Lamek two nashim name-of the-one ʿAdah and-name-of the-second Tsillah

Grammar Details

• *yiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - took
• *lo*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for himself
• *Lamek*: proper noun, masculine singular - Lamech
• *shettey*: numeral, feminine dual construct - two of
• *nashim*: noun, feminine plural - wives
• *shem*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
• *ha-ʾaḥat*: definite numeral, feminine singular - the one/first
• *ʿAdah*: proper noun, feminine singular - Adah
• *we-shem*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and name of
• *ha-shenit*: definite adjective, feminine singular - the second
• *Tsillah*: proper noun, feminine singular - Zillah

Referenced Verses

• Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Matt 19:4-6 : 4 And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh? 6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
• Matt 19:8 : 8 He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
• Gen 2:18 : 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.