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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - לֶמֶךְ

לֶמֶךְ

H3929

Transliteration: Lemek

Pronunciation: leh'-mek

Definition: Lamech


Original: למך

Transliteration: lemek

Phonetic: leh'-mek

BDB Definition:

Lamech = "powerful"
  1. the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah
  2. father of Noah

Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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