Genesis 4:23:9Gen.4.23.W9PAT
לֶ֔מֶךְ
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
- Ламеха
- Arabic-Simplified
- لامك
- Hindi
- लामेक की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拉麦的
- Korean
- 라멕의
- Indonesian
- Lamekh
- Bengali
- লেমেকের
- Tagalog
- Lamec
- Swahili
- Lameki
- Amharic
- የላሜክ
- Yoruba
- Lameki
- Igbo
- Lamek
- Twi
- Lamek
- Ewe
- Lamek ƒe
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
LE-mekh
- phraseyour reading level
ne-SHEE LE-mekh
- clause
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI KI ISH ha-rag-TI le-fi-tse-EE ve-YE-led le-khab-bu-ra-TI
In context — Genesis 4:23
Lamech {And} said to his wives Adah and Zillah listen to my voice wives of Lamech heed my saying for a man I killed for my wound and a boy for my bruise
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 4:23, so the Hebrew word לֶ֔מֶךְ (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.4.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.23.W9.S1) and character.