Genesis 5:26:2Gen.5.26.W2PAT
מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח
metushelakh
“Methuselah”
- Transliteration
- me-tu-SHE-lakh
- Extended
- meh-too-SHEH-lakh
- IPA
- /mə.tuː.ˈʃɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Methuselah
- French
- Mathusalem
- Spanish
- Matusalén
- Portuguese
- Matusalém
- German
- Methusalem
- Russian
- Мафусал
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَتُوشَالَح
- Hindi
- मतूशेलह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 玛土撒拉
- Korean
- 므두셀라
- Indonesian
- Metusalah
- Bengali
- মথূশেলহ
- Tagalog
- Matusalem
- Swahili
- Methusela
- Amharic
- ማቱሳላ
- Yoruba
- Metusela
- Igbo
- Metusela
- Twi
- Metusela
- Ewe
- Metusela
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
me-tu-SHE-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KHI me-tu-SHE-lakh
- clause
va-ye-KHI me-tu-SHE-lakh a-kha-RE ho-LEE-DO et-LE-mekh she-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM sha-NA u-she-VA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI me-tu-SHE-lakh a-kha-RE ho-LEE-DO et-LE-mekh she-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM sha-NA u-she-VA me-OT sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 5:26
after having fathered Lamech Methuselah lived and eighty two years and seven hundred years fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 5:26, so the Hebrew word מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח (metushelakh) 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.5.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.26.W2.S1) and character.