Genesis 5:14

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📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י קֵינָ֔ן עֶ֣שֶׂר שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס

Transliteration

wayyihyû all-yəmê qênān ʿeśer šānîm ûtəšaʿ mēʾôt šānāh wayyāmōt

Grammar Details

• *wayyihyû*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine plural qal imperfect consecutive of *hāyāh* - and they were
• *kol*: construct state - all of
• *yəmê*: masculine plural construct of *yôm* - days of
• *qênān*: proper noun - Kenan
• *ʿeśer*: cardinal number - ten
• *šānîm*: feminine plural of *šānāh* - years
• *ûtəšaʿ*: conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and nine
• *mēʾôt*: feminine plural of *mēʾāh* - hundreds
• *šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
• *wayyāmōt*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *mût* - and he died

Word Meanings

• *wayyihyû*: were/became/existed
• *kol*: all/whole/entire
• *yəmê*: days/lifetime/period
• *qênān*: Kenan (proper name, meaning possibly 'possession')
• *wayyāmōt*: died/expired/perished

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So all the days of Kenan's life were 910 years, and then he died.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and al the dayes of kenan were.ix. hundred and.x. yere and than he dyed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And his whole age was nyene hundreth and ten yeares, and so he dyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and tenne yeeres: and he died.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and ten yeres, and he dyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.