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Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

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וַיְחִ֣יvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַחmetushelachMethuselahמְתוּשֶׁלַחnoun, proper name — “Methuselah”H4968Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarchMethuselah.שֶׁ֧בַעshevasevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).וּשְׁמֹנִ֛יםushemonimand eightyשְׁמֹנִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and eighty”, the ordinary formH8084eighty, also eightietheighty(-ieth), fourscore.שָׁנָ֖הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וּמְאַ֣תumeatand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, construct — “and hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).לָֽמֶךְlamekhLamechלֶמֶךְnoun, proper name — “Lamech”H3929Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchsLamech.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

World English Bible

Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.

Darby Translation

And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.

Douay-Rheims

And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Mathusala lived an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Μαθουσάλα ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Λάμεχ.