Genesis 5:27:3Gen.5.27.W3PAT

מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח

metushelakh

Methuselah

Transliteration
me-tu-SHE-lakh
Extended
meh-too-SHEH-lahkh
IPA
/mə.tuː.ˈʃɛ.laħ/

Meaning by language

English
Methuselah
French
Mathusalem
Spanish
Matusalén
Portuguese
Matusalém
German
Methusalem
Russian
Мафусала
Arabic-Simplified
متوشالح
Hindi
मतूशेलह के
Chinese-Simplified
玛土撒拉的
Korean
므두셀라의
Indonesian
Metusalah
Bengali
মথূশেলহের
Tagalog
Metusela
Swahili
Methusela
Amharic
የማቱሳላ
Yoruba
Metusela
Igbo
Metusela
Twi
Metusela
Ewe
Metusela

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + תוּ + שֶׁ֔ + לַח
me + tu + she + lakh
metushelakh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-tu-SHE-lakh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kol-ye-MEI me-tu-SHE-lakh

  3. clause

    va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI me-tu-SHE-lakh TE-sha ve-shi-SHIM sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA

  4. sentence

    va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI me-tu-SHE-lakh TE-sha ve-shi-SHIM sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT

In contextGenesis 5:27

all the days of Methuselah {And} were nine and sixty year and nine hundreds year {And} he died

About this coordinate

Genesis 5:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 5:27, so the Hebrew word מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח (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.5.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.27.W3.S1) and character.