Genesis 5:22:6Gen.5.22.W6PAT
אֶת־מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח
etmetooshelakh
“Methuselah”
- Transliteration
- et-me-too-SHE-lakh
- Extended
- eht-meh-too-SHEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.mə.tuːˈʃɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Methuselah
- French
- Mathusalem
- Spanish
- a Matusalén
- Portuguese
- Matusalém
- German
- Methusalem
- Russian
- Мафусала
- Arabic-Simplified
- مُتُوشَالَحَ
- Hindi
- मतूशेलह को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 玛土撒拉
- Korean
- 므두셀라를
- Indonesian
- Metusalah
- Bengali
- মথূশেলহকে
- Tagalog
- Matusalem
- Swahili
- Methusela
- Amharic
- ማቱሳላን
- Yoruba
- Metusela
- Igbo
- Metusela
- Twi
- Metusela
- Ewe
- Metusela
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-me-too-SHE-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
ho-li-DO et-me-too-SHE-lakh
- clause
va-yit-hal-LEKH kha-NOKH et-ha-e-lo-HIM a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-me-too-SHE-lakh she-LOSH me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-yit-hal-LEKH kha-NOKH et-ha-e-lo-HIM a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-me-too-SHE-lakh she-LOSH me-OT sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 5:22
after having fathered Methuselah Enoch walked with God three hundred years fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 5:22, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח (etmetooshelakh) 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.5.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.22.W6.S1) and character.