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Genesis 4

Gen. 4:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Lamech
Lemek (Hebrew #3929)
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
KJV usage: Lamech.
Pronounce: leh'-mek
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
: the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of the one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
was Adah
`Adah (Hebrew #5711)
ornament; Adah, the name of two women
KJV usage: Adah.
Pronounce: aw-daw'
Origin: from 5710
, and the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of the other
sheniy (Hebrew #8145)
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
KJV usage: again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time).
Pronounce: shay-nee'
Origin: from 8138
Zillah
Tsillah (Hebrew #6741)
Tsillah, an antediluvian woman
KJV usage: Zillah.
Pronounce: tsil-law'
Origin: feminine of 6738
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Adah,
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Ministry on This Verse

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two wives.
Gen. 2:18,24• 18And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.
 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. (Gen. 2:18,24)
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Matt. 19:4‑6,8• 4But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,
 5and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
 6so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
 8He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus. (Matt. 19:4‑6,8)
• In the history of Lamech we have, on man’s part, self-will in lust (he had two wives), and vengeance in self-defense. (“Genesis 4” by J.N. Darby)
• As Eve was named with express significance, it may well be that Lemech's choice denotes the gratification of taste in the growing world. For Adah means "beauty", Zillah "shadow", and Naamah {v.22} "pleasant." God was not in the thought of their designations. (“Genesis 4:18-22” by W. Kelly)
• What is said of Lemech arrests us. He is marked as violating first the divine order of marriage. (“Genesis 4:18-22” by W. Kelly)
• Polygamy is a direct transgression of that unity which is of its original institution according to God's will. The law no doubt permitted a measure of license in view of the hard-heartedness of Israel (i.e. of man in the flesh); but the law made nothing perfect: Christ vindicated, as He is, the truth. (“Genesis 4:18-22” by W. Kelly)
• The names of Lemech's wives are given, as of our first mother, and these only, with his daughter Naamah, of the antediluvian women. As Eve was named with express significance, it may well be that Lemech's choice denotes the gratification of taste in the growing world. For Adah means “beauty “, Zillah “shadow “, and Naamah “pleasant.” God was not in the thought of their designations. (“Genesis 4:18-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Lemech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Lemech took to him two wives; the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.