Study it in the app“And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my saying: for a man I have killed for wounding me, and a young man for striking me.”
AndוַLamechלֶמֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto his wives,לְנָשָׁיו“Adahעָדָהand Zillah,וְצִלָּהhearשְׁמַעַןmy voice;קוֹלִיwivesנְשֵׁיof Lamech,לֶמֶךְlistenהַאְזֵנָּהto my saying:אִמְרָתִיforכִּיa manאִישׁI have killedהָרַגְתִּיfor wounding me,לְפִצְעִיand a young manוְיֶלֶדfor striking me.לְחַבֻּרָתִי
Lamech
Lamech, the name of two men before the flood: a descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18-24) and the father of Noah (5:25-31).
Where else “lemech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashay” appearsAdah
Adah, the name of two women: one of the two wives of Lamech, and a wife of Esau.
Where else “ada” appearsZillah
Zillah, one of the two wives of Lamech.
Where else “tsila” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shemaan” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appearslisten, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “hazena” appearsword, saying
Saying, spoken word.
Where else “imrati” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragti” appearswound
Wound.
Where else “fitsi” appearsyouth
Young males, no longer children but not yet full-grown men.
Where else “yeled” appearsbruise
Blow, bruise, welt.
Where else “chaburati” appears22And Zillah, she also, gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of every tool of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23 · This verse (above)
24If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy and seven fold.”
1. What it says
How did Cain feel when YHWH did not look with favor on his offering, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 5-7)?
2. What it means
What does Cain mean by his question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you deal with anger or envy toward someone today before it grows?
