Genesis 4:19:2Gen.4.19.W2PAT
לֶ֖מֶךְ
lemekh
“Lamech”
- Transliteration
- LE-mekh
- Extended
- LEH-mehkh
- IPA
- /ˈlɛ.mɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lamech
- French
- Lémek
- Spanish
- Lamec
- Portuguese
- Lameque
- German
- Lamech
- Russian
- Ламех
- Arabic-Simplified
- لامك
- Hindi
- लामेक ने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拉麦
- Korean
- 라멕이
- Indonesian
- Lamekh
- Bengali
- লেমেক
- Tagalog
- si Lamec
- Swahili
- Lameki
- Amharic
- ላሜክ
- Yoruba
- Lameki
- Igbo
- Lamek
- Twi
- Lamek
- Ewe
- Lemek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-mekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh
- clause
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh she-TEI na-SHIM
- sentence
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh she-TEI na-SHIM SHEM ha-a-KHAT a-DA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT tsi-LA
In context — Genesis 4:19
Lamech took for himself two wives name of the one Adah and name of the second Zillah
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 4:19, so the Hebrew word לֶ֖מֶךְ (lemekh) 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.4.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.19.W2.S1) and character.