Genesis 5:16

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;²Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.³And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:⁴And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:⁵And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.⁶And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:⁷And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.⁹And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:¹⁰And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:¹¹And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.¹²And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:¹³And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.¹⁵And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:¹⁶And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:¹⁷And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.¹⁸And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:¹⁹And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.²¹And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:²²And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:²⁴And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.²⁵And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:²⁶And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:²⁷And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.²⁸And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.³⁰And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:³¹And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.³²And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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16	And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:	And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.	and Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
and he lived	וַֽיְחִ֣י	vay-CHI	H2421	to live חֲיָא (cha.ya) 1) to live 1a) (P'al) to live 1b) (Aphel) to let live, keep alive
Mahalalel	מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל	ma-ha-lal-'EL	H4111G	Mahalalel מַהֲלַלְאֵל (ma.ha.lal.el) A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.12; son of: Kenan (H7018); father of: Jared (H3382); also called Mahalaleel (NIV: Mahalel) at Luk.3.37; Also named: Maleleēl (Μαλελεήλ "Mahalaleel" G3121) § Mahalaleel = "praise of God" 1) son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth 2) a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah
after	אַֽחֲרֵי֙	'a-cha-REI	H0310A	after אַחַר (a.char) 1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time) 1a) as an adverb 1a1) behind (of place) 1a2) afterwards (of time) 1b) as a preposition 1b1) behind, after (of place) 1b2) after (of time) 1b3) besides 1c) as a conjunction 1c) after that 1d) as a substantive 1d1) hinder part 1e) with other prepositions 1e1) from behind 1e2) from following after
fathered he	הוֹלִיד֣וֹ	ho-li-DO	H3205	to beget יָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)
Jared	יֶ֔רֶד	YE-red	H3382G	Jared יֶ֫רֶד (ye.red) A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.15; son of: Mahalalel (H4111); father of: Enoch (H2585H) Also named: Iared (Ἰάρεδ "Jared" G2391) § Jered or Jared = "descent" 1) son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch in the 4th generation from Seth 2) a descendant of Judah and father of Gedor
thirty	שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים	she-lo-SHIM	H7970	thirty שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) thirty, thirtieth Aramaic equivalent: te.la.tin (תְּלָתִין "thirty" H8533)
year[s]	שָׁנָ֔ה	sha-NAH	H8141	year שְׁנָה (she.nah) year Aramaic of sha.neh (שָׁנָה "year" H8141)
and eight	וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה	u-she-mo-NEH	H8083	eight שְׁמֹנֶה (she.mo.neh) 1) eight, eighth 1a) eight (as cardinal number) 1b) eighth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers
hundreds	מֵא֖וֹת	me-'ot	H3967	hundred מֵאָה (me.ah) 1) hundred 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100) Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְאָה "hundred" H3969)
year[s]	שָׁנָ֑ה	sha-NAH	H8141	year שְׁנָה (she.nah) year Aramaic of sha.neh (שָׁנָה "year" H8141)
and he fathered	וַיּ֥וֹלֶד	vai-YO-led	H3205	to beget יָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)
sons	בָּנִ֖ים	ba-NIM	H1121A	son: child בֵּן (ben) : child/son
and daughters	וּבָנֽוֹת׃	u-va-NOT	H1323G	daughter בַּת (bat) : daughter 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character Also means: bat (בַּת ": village" H1323H)

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Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.