Genesis 5:25
"And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And Methuselah lived an hundred and eighty and seven years, and beget Lamech. The Septuagint version is an hundred and sixty seven; the Samaritan only sixty seven; the same names

were given to some of the posterity of Seth as were to those of Cain, as Lamech here, and Enoch before.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (10 words)

H2421 חָיָה
Definition:

A primitive root (comparechavah,chayah); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive -- keep (live, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish A primitive root (comparechavah,chayah); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive -- keep (live, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish

Possible Meanings:
  • having the vigour of life (semantic_range)
  • lively (semantic_range)
H4968 מְתוּשֶׁלַח
Definition:

more probably Babylonian; see conjectures in HomPSBA 1893, 243 ff.); —׳מGenesis 5:22,25,26,27 (P),1 Chronicles 1:3,מְתוּשָׁ֑לַחGenesis 5:21(P).ᵐ5Μαθουσαλα.מַתְבֵּןseeתבן.מתג(√ of following; meaning un more probably Babylonian; see conjectures in HomPSBA 1893, 243 ff.); —׳מGenesis 5:22,25,26,27 (P),1 Chronicles 1:3,מְתוּשָׁ֑לַחGenesis 5:21(P).ᵐ5Μαθουσαλα.מַתְבֵּןseeתבן.מתג(√ of following; meaning un

Possible Meanings:
  • man of the dart (semantic_range)
H7651 שֶׁבַע
Definition:

2115t.; constructשְׁבַעGenesis 5:2647t., especially P (15 t.) and Chronicles (20 t.),וּשֲׁבַע1 Kings 14:21feminine(c.noun masculine) absoluteשִׁבְעָהGenesis 4:24100t.; constructשִׁבְעַתGenesis 7:10120 2115t.; constructשְׁבַעGenesis 5:2647t., especially P (15 t.) and Chronicles (20 t.),וּשֲׁבַע1 Kings 14:21feminine(c.noun masculine) absoluteשִׁבְעָהGenesis 4:24100t.; constructשִׁבְעַתGenesis 7:10120

Possible Meanings:
  • seven (semantic_range)
H8084 שְׁמֹנִים
Definition:

followed by singularשָׁנָהPsalm 90:104t.,אִישׁ2 Kings 10:24;Jeremiah 41:5; followed by plural noun 2Chronicles 26:17;Ezra 8:8;Songs 6:8; noun omitted2 Kings 6:25;1 Chronicles 15:9; with other numbers, followed by singularשָׁנָהPsalm 90:104t.,אִישׁ2 Kings 10:24;Jeremiah 41:5; followed by plural noun 2Chronicles 26:17;Ezra 8:8;Songs 6:8; noun omitted2 Kings 6:25;1 Chronicles 15:9; with other numbers,

Possible Meanings:
  • an eighty (semantic_range)
H8141 שָׁנֶה
Definition:

10+; constructשְׁנַתGenesis 41:50+; suffixשְׁנָתוֺEzekiel 46:13+,שְׁנָתָהּLeviticus 14:102t.; dualשְׁנָתַיִםAmos 1:1+,תָ֑יִם-1 Kings 15:25+; pluralשָׁנִיםExodus 21:2+, constructשְׁנֵיGenesis 23:124t., 10+; constructשְׁנַתGenesis 41:50+; suffixשְׁנָתוֺEzekiel 46:13+,שְׁנָתָהּLeviticus 14:102t.; dualשְׁנָתַיִםAmos 1:1+,תָ֑יִם-1 Kings 15:25+; pluralשָׁנִיםExodus 21:2+, constructשְׁנֵיGenesis 23:124t.,

Possible Meanings:
  • year (semantic_range)
H3967 מֵאָה
Definition:

3144t.; constructמְאַתGenesis 5:330t. (onמְאַתEcclesiastes 8:12see2dbelow); plural absoluteמֵאוֺתGenesis 5:9324t. (מֵאֹתonlyGenesis 5:4,30);המאיותKt2 Kings 11:43t.2 Kings 11; dualמָאתַיִם(תָ֑יִם-)Gene 3144t.; constructמְאַתGenesis 5:330t. (onמְאַתEcclesiastes 8:12see2dbelow); plural absoluteמֵאוֺתGenesis 5:9324t. (מֵאֹתonlyGenesis 5:4,30);המאיותKt2 Kings 11:43t.2 Kings 11; dualמָאתַיִם(תָ֑יִם-)Gene

Possible Meanings:
  • hundred (semantic_range)
H8141 שָׁנֶה
Definition:

10+; constructשְׁנַתGenesis 41:50+; suffixשְׁנָתוֺEzekiel 46:13+,שְׁנָתָהּLeviticus 14:102t.; dualשְׁנָתַיִםAmos 1:1+,תָ֑יִם-1 Kings 15:25+; pluralשָׁנִיםExodus 21:2+, constructשְׁנֵיGenesis 23:124t., 10+; constructשְׁנַתGenesis 41:50+; suffixשְׁנָתוֺEzekiel 46:13+,שְׁנָתָהּLeviticus 14:102t.; dualשְׁנָתַיִםAmos 1:1+,תָ֑יִם-1 Kings 15:25+; pluralשָׁנִיםExodus 21:2+, constructשְׁנֵיGenesis 23:124t.,

Possible Meanings:
  • year (semantic_range)
H3205 יָלַד
Definition:

18(3 t. in verse) + 16 t.;יָלָ֑דJeremiah 17:11;וְיָלַדconsecutivePsalm 7:15; suffixיְלָֽדְךָDeuteronomy 32:18; 2masculine singular suffixילדתניJeremiah 2:27Kt; Qrיְלִדְתָּנוּ(Köi. 410Ges§ 70, 2. R. 4) 18(3 t. in verse) + 16 t.;יָלָ֑דJeremiah 17:11;וְיָלַדconsecutivePsalm 7:15; suffixיְלָֽדְךָDeuteronomy 32:18; 2masculine singular suffixילדתניJeremiah 2:27Kt; Qrיְלִדְתָּנוּ(Köi. 410Ges§ 70, 2. R. 4)

Possible Meanings:
  • child (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • boy (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
H0853 אֵת
Definition:

33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34: 33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34:

Possible Meanings:
  • sign (semantic_range)
H3929 לֶמֶךְ
Definition:

197t.;לָ֑מֶךְGenesis 4:182t.; —1son ofמְתוּשָׁאֵל(Cainite)Genesis 4:18,19,23 (twice in verse);Genesis 4:24(all J).2son ofמְתוּשֶׁלַח(Sethite)Genesis 5:25,26,28,30,31 (all P),1 Chronicles 1:3. —ᵐ5Ααμεχ 197t.;לָ֑מֶךְGenesis 4:182t.; —1son ofמְתוּשָׁאֵל(Cainite)Genesis 4:18,19,23 (twice in verse);Genesis 4:24(all J).2son ofמְתוּשֶׁלַח(Sethite)Genesis 5:25,26,28,30,31 (all P),1 Chronicles 1:3. —ᵐ5Ααμεχ

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