Genesis 5:31

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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31	And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.	So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.	And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
and it was	וַֽיְהִי֙	vay-HI	H1961	to be הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …
all	כָּל־	kol-	H3605	all כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)
[the] days of	יְמֵי־	ye-mei-	H3117G	day יוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow
Lamech	לֶ֔מֶךְ	LE-mekh	H3929H	Lamech לֶ֫מֶךְ (le.mekh) A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.25; son of: Methuselah (H4968); father of: Noah (H5146) Also named: Lamech (Λάμεχ "Lamech" G2984) § 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
seven	שֶׁ֤בַע	SHE-va'	H7651	seven שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) 1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc Aramaic equivalent: shiv.ah (שִׁבְעָה "seven" H7655)
and seventy	וְשִׁבְעִים֙	ve-shiv-'IM	H7657	seventy שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) seventy
year[s]	שָׁנָ֔ה	sha-NAH	H8141	year שְׁנָה (she.nah) year Aramaic of sha.neh (שָׁנָה "year" H8141)
and seven	וּשְׁבַ֥ע	u-she-VA'	H7651	seven שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) 1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc Aramaic equivalent: shiv.ah (שִׁבְעָה "seven" H7655)
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 died	וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס	vai-ya-MOT	H4191	to die מוּת (mut) 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

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