Genesis 5:30:1Gen.5.30.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִי־לֶ֗מֶךְ
vayekhilemekh
“Lamech lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE-LEH-mehkh
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈħiː.ˈlɛ.mɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lamech lived
- French
- Lémek vécut
- Spanish
- Lamec vivió
- Portuguese
- Lameque viveu
- German
- Lamech lebte
- Russian
- Ламех жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَعَاشَ لَامَك
- Hindi
- लेमेक जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拉麦活了
- Korean
- 라멕은 살았다
- Indonesian
- Lamekh hidup
- Bengali
- লেমেক বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- at nabuhay si Lamec
- Swahili
- Lameki aliishi
- Amharic
- ላሜሕ ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Lameki wà láàyè
- Igbo
- Lemek biri ndụ
- Twi
- Lamek tenaa ase
- Ewe
- Lamex 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh
- clause
va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh a-kha-RE ho-LEE-DO et-NO-akh kha-MESH ve-ti-she-EEM sha-NA va-kha-MESH me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI-LE-mekh a-kha-RE ho-LEE-DO et-NO-akh kha-MESH ve-ti-she-EEM sha-NA va-kha-MESH me-OT sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 5:30
after he had fathered Noah Lamech lived five and ninety years and five hundred years {And} he fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:30, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִי־לֶ֗מֶךְ (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.5.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.30.W1.S1) and character.