Genesis 5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	יְמֵי ye.mei-	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Lamech	לֶ֔מֶךְ Le.mekh	H3929	Lemek · proper noun, a man's name
seven	שֶׁ֤בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵא֖וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine plural absolute
seventy	וְשִׁבְעִים֙ ve.shiv.'Im	H7657	seventy · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
seven	וּשְׁבַ֥ע u.she.Va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular construct
years	שָׁנָ֔ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
died	וַיָּמֹֽת vai.ya.Mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:28–end

Here we have the first mention of Noah, of whom we shall read much in the following chapters. Observe, I. His name, with the reason of it: Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a more than ordinary blessing to his generation: This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. Here is, 1. Lamech's complaint of the calamitous state of human life. By the entrance of sin, and the entail of the curse for sin, our condition has become very miserable: our whole life is spent in labour, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:26

Lamech--a different person from the one mentioned in the preceding chapter [Gen 4:18]. Like his namesake, however, he also spoke in numbers on occasion of the birth of Noah--that is, "rest" or "comfort" [Gen 5:29, Margin]. "The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the penal consequences of the fall in earthly toils and sufferings, and to the hope of a Deliverer, excited by the promise made to Eve. That this expectation was founded on a divine communication we infer from the importance attached to it and the confidence of its expression" [PETER SMITH].

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:29

This same shall comfort us - This is an allusion, as some think, to the name a Noah, which they derive from נחם nacham, to comfort; but it is much more likely that it comes from נח nach or נוח nuach, to rest, to settle, etc. And what is more comfortable than rest after toil and labor? These words seem to have been spoken prophetically concerning Noah, who built the ark for the preservation of the human race, and who seems to have been a typical person; for when he offered his sacrifice after the drying up of the waters, it is said that God smelled a savor of Rest, and said he would not curse the ground any more for man's sake, Gen 8:21; and from that time the earth seems to have had upon an…

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Dictionary and topics

Lamech — The strikerdown; the wild man. (1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23,…
Lamech · and seventy-seven years — and seventy-seven years
Longevity · .Lamech, seven-hundred and seventy-seven years — .Lamech, seven-hundred and seventy-seven years

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 5:31

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:26

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:29

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 5:31

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:26

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:29

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 5:31

John Calvin on Genesis 5:29-31

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 5:3–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 5:28-29

Rashi on Genesis 5:29