Genesis 4:18:12Gen.4.18.W12PAT
אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃
etlamekh
“Lamech”
- Transliteration
- et-LA-mekh
- Extended
- eht-LAA-mehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈlaː.mɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lamech
- French
- Lamek
- Spanish
- Lamec
- Portuguese
- Lameque
- German
- Lamech
- Russian
- Ламех
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَامَك
- Hindi
- लामेक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拉麦
- Korean
- 라멕
- Indonesian
- Lamekh
- Bengali
- লামেক
- Tagalog
- Lamec
- Swahili
- Lameki
- Amharic
- ላሜክ
- Yoruba
- Lameki
- Igbo
- Lamek
- Twi
- Lamek
- Ewe
- Lamek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-LA-mekh
- phraseyour reading level
ya-LAD et-LA-mekh
- clause
u-me-khee-ya-EL ya-LAD et-me-tu-sha-EL u-me-tu-sha-EL ya-LAD et-LA-mekh
- sentence
va-yiv-va-LED la-kha-NOKH et-ee-RAD ve-ee-RAD ya-LAD et-me-khu-ya-EL u-me-khee-ya-EL ya-LAD et-me-tu-sha-EL u-me-tu-sha-EL ya-LAD et-LA-mekh
In context — Genesis 4:18
to Enoch was born Irad and Irad fathered Mehujael and Mehujael fathered Methushael and Methushael fathered Lamech
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 4:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃ (etlamekh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.4.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.18.W12.S1) and character.