The Meaning of Genesis 5:30 Explained

Genesis 5:30

KJV: And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

YLT: And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

Darby: And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.

ASV: And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Lamech  lived  after  he begat  Noah  five  hundred  ninety  and five  years,  and begat  sons  and daughters: 

What does Genesis 5:30 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 5:25-32 - The Wickedness Of Men
When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means "Rest."He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the strain of daily toil. But his hope was premature: rest was not yet: the Deluge would soon sweep over the works of men. The world must await the true Rest-giver, who said, "Come unto Me." It was an age of abounding wickedness, but the language describing it is obscure. Some think that "the sons of God" were fallen angels; others that the seed of Seth became joined in marriage with the daughters of Cain. But God's Spirit strove with man, and though a limit was put to His pleadings, yet He sought men with yearning remonstrance, till His Holy Spirit received the final negative and turned away disappointed and grieved. There was considerable delay. For 120 years the Spirit of God waited. See 1 Peter 3:20. He will not wait for ever, Luke 13:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 5

1  Recapitulation of the creation of man
3  The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah
22  Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven
25  The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons

What do the individual words in Genesis 5:30 mean?

And lived Lamech after he begat - Noah five and ninety years and five hundred years and he begat sons and daughters
וַֽיְחִי־ לֶ֗מֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־ נֹ֔חַ חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת

וַֽיְחִי־  And  lived 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָיָה  
Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.
לֶ֗מֶךְ  Lamech 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶמֶךְ  
Sense: the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah.
אַֽחֲרֵי֙  after 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
הוֹלִיד֣וֹ  he  begat 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נֹ֔חַ  Noah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.
חָמֵ֤שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
וְתִשְׁעִים֙  and  ninety 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: תִּשְׁעִים  
Sense: ninety.
שָׁנָ֔ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ  and  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
מֵאֹ֖ת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד  and  he  begat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בָּנִ֖ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבָנֽוֹת  and  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.

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