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Hebrew wordlink #1728

OSHB Gen 4:23 לֶמֶךְ (lemek) Strongs=3929 Lemma=‘לֶמֶךְ’
contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Person=Lamech1 Year=-4003

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Other uses (6) of identical word form לֶמֶךְ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לֶמֶךְ’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘Lamech’, ‘of_Lamech’.

GEN 4:19 contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 4:19 word 3

OET-LV: 19 And_he/it _took to_him/it Lemek two _of wives the _name _of the_one(f) was_ˊĀdāh and_name _of the_second(fs) was_Tsillāh/(Zillah). (GEN_4:19)

OET-RV: 19 Lemech had two wives: the first was named Adah and the second was Tsillah (Zillah). (GEN 4:19)

GEN 4:23 contextual word gloss=‘of_Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 4:23 word 9

OET-LV: 23 And_ Lemek _he/it _said to_his_wives Oh _ˊĀdāh and_Tsillāh listen _to my_sound/voice Oh _wives _of Lemek give _ear _to my_speech/discourse if/because a _man I _have _killed to/for_my_wound/bruise and_child/boy/young _man to/for_my_stripe/bruise/wound. (GEN_4:23)

OET-RV: 23 Then Lemech said to his wives:
⇔ “Adah and Tsillah, listen to me.
⇔ My wives, take notice of my words;
⇔ I killed a man who had wounded me;
⇔ I killed a young man who hurt me. (GEN 4:23)

GEN 5:26 contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 5:26 word 6

OET-LV: 26 And_ Mətūshelaḩ _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Lemek two and_eighty year[s] and_seven hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters. (GEN_5:26)

OET-RV: 26 After Lemek’s birth, Metushalah lived another 782 years and had other sons and daughters. (GEN 5:26)

GEN 5:28 contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 5:28 word 2

OET-LV: 28 and_he/it _lived Lemek two and_eighty year[s] and_one _hundred year[s] and_he/it _fathered a _son. (GEN_5:28)

OET-RV: 28 When Lemek was 182 years old, he had a son (GEN 5:28)

GEN 5:30 contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 5:30 word 2

OET-LV: 30 And_he/it _lived Lemek after fathering_by _him/it DOM Noaḩ five and_ninety year[s] and_five hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters. (GEN_5:30)

OET-RV: 30 After Noah’s birth, Lemek lived another 595 years and had other sons and daughters. (GEN 5:30)

GEN 5:31 contextual word gloss=‘of_Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 5:31 word 4

OET-LV: 31 And_ all _of _he/it _was the _days _of Lemek seven and_seventy year[s] and_seven hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _died. (GEN_5:31)

OET-RV: 31 So Lemek lived a total of 777 years, and then he died. (GEN 5:31)

Hebrew words (3) other than לֶמֶךְ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) with a gloss related to ‘Lamech’

GEN 4:18 לָמֶךְ (lāmek) Lemma=‘לֶמֶךְ’ contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 4:18 word 16

OET-LV: 18 And_he/it _was _born to/for_Ḩₐnōk DOM Irad and_Irad he _fathered DOM Mehujael and_Mehujael he _fathered DOM Methushael and_Methushael he _fathered DOM Lemek. (GEN_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 Eventually Hanoch fathered Irad, and Irad fathered Mehuyael, and Mehuyael father Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lemech (Lamech). (GEN 4:18)

GEN 5:25 לָמֶךְ (lāmek) Lemma=‘לֶמֶךְ’ contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB GEN 5:25 word 10

OET-LV: 25 and_ Mətūshelaḩ _he/it _lived seven and_eighty year[s] and_one _hundred year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Lemek. (GEN_5:25)

OET-RV: 25 When Metushalah was 187 years old, he had a son named Lemek (Lamech). (GEN 5:25)

1 CHR 1:3 לָמֶךְ (lāmek) Lemma=‘לֶמֶךְ’ contextual word gloss=‘Lamech’ word gloss=‘Lemek’ OSHB 1 CHR 1:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 Ḩₐnōk/(Enoch) Mətūshelaḩ Lemek. (CH1_1:3)

OET-RV: 3 Hanok (Enoch), Metushelah (Methuselah), Lamek, (CH1 1:3)