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title: לֶמֶךְ — Lamech · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֶמֶךְ (3929), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Lamech. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֶמֶךְ

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«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.

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

### Glosses

Lamech (9); of.Lamech (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lamech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3929/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3929/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3929/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.3/)

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חֲנ֥וֹךְ מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח לָֽמֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* Enoch Methuselah Lamech

*JPS 1917:* Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

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[Genesis 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.24/)

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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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