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Genesis 5:30

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

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וַֽיְחִיvaychiand 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.לֶ֗מֶךְlemekhLamechלֶמֶךְnoun, proper name — “Lamech”H3929Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchsLamech.אַֽחֲרֵי֙achareafterאַחַרpreposition — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…הוֹלִיד֣וֹholidvobearיָלַדverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to 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).נֹ֔חַnochaNoahנֹחַnoun, proper name — “Noah”H5146Noach, the patriarch of the floodNoah.חָמֵ֤שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).וְתִשְׁעִים֙vetishimand ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and ninety”, the ordinary formH8673ninetyninety.שָׁנָ֔הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַחֲמֵ֥שׁvachameshand fiveחָמֵשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מֵאֹ֖תmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a 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).וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand 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…בָּנִ֖יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וּבָנֽוֹתuvanotand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

World English Bible

Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

Darby Translation

And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.

Douay-Rheims

And Lamech lived after he begot Noe, five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Lamech lived after his begetting Noe, five hundred and sixty and five years, and begot sons and daughters.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Λάμεχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Νῶε, πεντακόσια καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ πέντε ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.