H3929G

לֶ֫מֶךְ

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Lamech

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Methushael (H4967); married to Adah (H5711) and Zillah (H6741); father of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Lamech = "powerful" 1) the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah 2) father of Noah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

לֶ֫מֶךְ proper name, masculine (on original form compare Lag^{BN 77}; conjecture as to meaning Bu^{Urgesch. 102, 129}); — ׳ל Gen 4:19 + 7 t.; לָ֑מֶךְ Gen 4:18 + 2 t.; —

1. son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite) Gen 4:18; Gen 4:19; Gen 4:23 (twice in verse); Gen 4:24 (all J).

2. son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite) Gen 5:25; Gen 5:26; Gen 5:28; Gen 5:30; Gen 5:31 (all P), 1Chr 1:3. — ᵐ5 Ααμεχ.

לְמִן, לְמִנִּי see מִן 9 b.

לְמַעַן see מען below ענה.

לֹעַ see below I. לוּעַ.

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