GENESIS 5:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.”

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Genesis 5:31 Translation & Meaning

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And all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
the days יְמֵי A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) days
of Lamech לֶ֔מֶךְ Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs Lamech
were וַֽיְהִי֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) were
seven שֶׁ֤בַע Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number seven
hundred מֵא֖וֹת A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction hundred
seventy וְשִׁבְעִים֙ Seventy seventy
and seven וּשְׁבַ֥ע Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number seven
years: שָׁנָ֑ה A year (as a revolution of time) years
and he died. וַיָּמֹֽת׃ To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill died

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  • 29  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

  • 30  And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • 31  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

  • 32  And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.




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