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Genesis 5:31

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

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וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יְמֵיyemeas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a 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)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…לֶ֔מֶךְlemekhLamechלֶמֶךְnoun, proper name — “Lamech”H3929Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchsLamech.שֶׁ֤בַעshevasevenשֶׁבַעadjective, 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).וְשִׁבְעִים֙veshivimand seventyשִׁבְעִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).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).וּשְׁבַ֥עushevaand sevenשֶׁבַעconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and 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).מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -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).וַיָּמֹֽתvayamotand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

World English Bible

All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

Darby Translation

And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

Douay-Rheims

And all the days of Lamech came to seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Λάμεχ, ἑπτακόσια καὶ πεντήκοντα τρία ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε.