H4967

מְתוּשָׁאֵל

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Methushael

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Mehujael (H4232); father of: Lamech (H3929) § Methusael = "who is of God" son of Mehujael, 4th in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מְתוּשָׁאֵל proper name, masculine descendant of Cain (Babylonian form., mutu-ša-ili 'man of God,' LenOrig. ed. 2, i. 262 f. Eng. Tr. 268); — Gen 4:18 (twice in verse) (J), ᵐ5 Μαθουσαλα (i.e.מְתוּשֶׁלַח? so Di; otherwise BuUrgesch. 125 f.)


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