Genesis 5:26:5Gen.5.26.W5PAT
אֶת־לֶ֔מֶךְ
etlemekh
“Lamech”
- Transliteration
- et-LE-mekh
- Extended
- eht-LEH-mekh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈlɛ.mɛħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lamech
- French
- Lémek
- Spanish
- Lamec
- Portuguese
- Lameque
- German
- Lamech
- Russian
- Ламех
- Arabic-Simplified
- لامَك
- Hindi
- लेमेक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拉麦
- Korean
- 레멕
- Indonesian
- Lamekh
- Bengali
- লেমেক
- Tagalog
- Lamec
- Swahili
- Lameki
- Amharic
- ላሜህ
- Yoruba
- Lameki
- Igbo
- Lemek
- Twi
- Lamek
- Ewe
- Lemek
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 | |
| 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
et-LE-mekh
- phraseyour reading level
ho-LEE-DO et-LE-mekh
- 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 5:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 5:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לֶ֔מֶךְ (etlemekh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.26.W5.S1) and character.