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מְתוּשָׁאֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4967

Methusael — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Methusael tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְתוּשָׁאֵל: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. descendant of Cain (Bab. form., mutu-ša-ili ‘man of God,’ LenOrig. ed. 2, i. 262f. Eng. Tr. 268);—Gn 4:18(×2) (J), 𝔊 Μαθουσαλα (i.e. מְתוּשֶׁלַח? so Di; otherwise BuUrgesch. 125 f.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Methushael (2).

In the verses

Genesis 4:18 · tree →

וַיִּוָּלֵ֤ד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ֙ אֶת־עִירָ֔ד וְעִירָ֕ד יָלַ֖ד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל יָלַד֙ אֶת־מְת֣וּשָׁאֵ֔ל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵ֖ל יָלַ֥ד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃

Word for word: and he.was.born to Enoch (et) Irad and Irad he.fathered (et) Mehujael and Mehujael he.fathered (et) Methushael and Methushael he.fathered (et) Lamech

JPS 1917: And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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