Genesis 5:31

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.5.31", "source": "וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־לֶ֔מֶךְ שֶׁ֤בַע וְשִׁבְעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס", "text": "*wayəhî* all-*yəmê*-*lemek* *šebaʿ* *wəšibʿîm* *šānāh* *ûšəbaʿ* *mēʾôt* *šānāh* *wayyāmōt*", "grammar": { "*wayəhî*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *hāyāh* - and it was", "*kol*": "construct state - all of", "*yəmê*": "masculine plural construct of *yôm* - days of", "*lemek*": "proper noun - Lamech", "*šebaʿ*": "cardinal number - seven", "*wəšibʿîm*": "conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and seventy", "*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*ûšəbaʿ*": "conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and seven", "*mēʾôt*": "feminine plural of *mēʾāh* - hundreds", "*wayyāmōt*": "conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *mût* - and he died" }, "variants": { "*wayəhî*": "was/became/existed", "*kol*": "all/whole/entire", "*yəmê*": "days/lifetime/period", "*lemek*": "Lamech (proper name, meaning uncertain)", "*wayyāmōt*": "died/expired/perished" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־לֶ֔מֶךְ שֶׁ֤בַע וְשִׁבְעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס

Transliteration

wayəhî all-yəmê-lemek šebaʿ wəšibʿîm šānāh ûšəbaʿ mēʾôt šānāh wayyāmōt

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *hāyāh* - and it was
• *kol*: construct state - all of
• *yəmê*: masculine plural construct of *yôm* - days of
• *lemek*: proper noun - Lamech
• *šebaʿ*: cardinal number - seven
• *wəšibʿîm*: conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and seventy
• *šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
• *ûšəbaʿ*: conjunction *wə-* + cardinal number - and seven
• *mēʾôt*: feminine plural of *mēʾāh* - hundreds
• *wayyāmōt*: conjunction *wə-* + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive of *mût* - and he died

Word Meanings

• *wayəhî*: was/became/existed
• *kol*: all/whole/entire
• *yəmê*: days/lifetime/period
• *lemek*: Lamech (proper name, meaning uncertain)
• *wayyāmōt*: died/expired/perished

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So all the days of Lamech's life were 777 years, and then he died.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And all the days{H3117} of Lamech{H3929} were seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} seventy{H7657} and seven{H7651} years:{H8141} and he died.{H4191}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And all the days{H3117} of Lamech{H3929} were seven{H7651} hundred{H3967}{H8141} seventy{H7657} and seven{H7651} years{H8141}: and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And all the dayes of Lamech were.vij. hundred.lxxvij. yere and than he dyed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And his whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and seuentie yeares, and so he dyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seue yeres, and he dyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.