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
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
kol-ye-MEI me-tu-SHE-lakh
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.