Genesis 5:28:1Gen.5.28.W1PAT
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־לֶ֕מֶךְ
vayekhilemekh
“and Lamech lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE-LEH-mehkh
- IPA
- /waj.jəˈħiː.ˈlɛ.mɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Lamech lived
- French
- et Lémek vécut
- Spanish
- y Lamec vivió
- Portuguese
- e Lameque viveu
- German
- und Lamech lebte
- Russian
- и Ламех жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وعاش لامك
- Hindi
- और लेमेक जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拉麦活了
- Korean
- 그리고 라멕이 살았다
- Indonesian
- dan Lamekh hidup
- Bengali
- আর লেমেক বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- at nabuhay si Lamec
- Swahili
- na Lameki akaishi
- Amharic
- ላሜክ ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Lameki sì wà láàyè
- Igbo
- Lemek wee dị ndụ
- Twi
- na Lamek tenaa ase
- Ewe
- eye Lamek le agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh
- clause
va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh she-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM sha-NA u-me-AT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh she-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM sha-NA u-me-AT sha-NA va-YO-led BEN
In context — Genesis 5:28
and Lamech lived two and eighty years and a hundred years and he fathered a son
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:28, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְחִי־לֶ֕מֶךְ (vayekhilemekh) 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.5.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.28.W1.S1) and character.