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Genesis 4

Gn. 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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Ministry on This Verse

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two wives.
Gn. 2:18,24• 18Y dijo Jehová Dios: No es bueno que el hombre esté solo; haréle ayuda idónea para él.
 24Por tanto, dejará el hombre á su padre y á su madre, y allegarse ha á su mujer, y serán una sola carne. (Gn. 2:18,24)
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Mt. 19:4‑6,8• 4Y él respondiendo, les dijo: ¿No habéis leído que el que los hizo al principio, macho y hembra los hizo,
 5Y dijo: Por tanto, el hombre dejará padre y madre, y se unirá á su mujer, y serán dos en una carne?
 6Así que, no son ya más dos, sino una carne: por tanto, lo que Dios juntó, no lo aparte el hombre.
 8Díceles: Por la dureza de vuestro corazón Moisés os permitió repudiar á vuestras mujeres: mas al principio no fué así. (Mt. 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)

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.