לֶמֶךְ

«לֶמֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: Lamech — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 11 times · Key: 3929 · BDB: לֶ֫מֶך

Glosses

Lamech (9); of.Lamech (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

Lamech tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (on orig. form cf. LagBN 77; conj. as to meaning BuUrgesch. 102, 129);—ל׳ Gn 4:19 + 7 times; לָ֑מֶךְ 4:18 + 2 times;— son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite) Gn 4:18, 19, 23(×2), 24 (all J). son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite) Gn 5:25, 26, 28, 30, 31 (all P), 1 Ch 1:3.—𝔊 Λαμεχ.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לֶמֶךְ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Chronicles 1:3

חֲנ֥וֹךְ מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח לָֽמֶךְ׃

Word for word: Enoch Methuselah Lamech

JPS 1917: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

Genesis 4:24

כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם־קָ֑יִן וְלֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃

Word for word: (dm) sevenfold he.will.be.avenged Cain and Lamech seventy and seven

JPS 1917: If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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