Genesis 5:21:7Gen.5.21.W7PAT
אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃
etmetushalakh
“Methuselah”
- Transliteration
- ET-me-tu-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- EET-meh-too-shah-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.mə.tuː.ʃaː.ˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Methuselah
- French
- Mathusalem
- Spanish
- Matusalén
- Portuguese
- Matusalém
- German
- Methusalem
- Russian
- Мафусала
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَتُوشَالَح
- Hindi
- मतूशेलह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 玛土撒拉
- Korean
- 므두셀라
- Indonesian
- Metusalah
- Bengali
- মথূশেলাহ
- Tagalog
- Matusalem
- Swahili
- Methusela
- Amharic
- ማቱሳላ
- Yoruba
- Metusela
- Igbo
- Metusela
- Twi
- Metusela
- Ewe
- Metusela
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶת + מְ + תוּ + שָֽׁ + לַח׃
↓
et + me + tu + sha + lakh
↓
etmetushalakh
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ET-me-tu-sha-LAKH
- clause
va-YO-led ET-me-tu-sha-LAKH
- sentence
va-ye-KHI kha-NOKH kha-MESH ve-shish-SHEEM sha-NA va-YO-led ET-me-tu-sha-LAKH
In context — Genesis 5:21
Enoch lived five and sixty year fathered Methuselah
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 5:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃ (etmetushalakh) 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.5.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.21.W7.S1) and character.