Lexical Definition

‎לֶמֶךְ‎ Lemek (leh'-mek) Lamech ^N:N-M-P
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

Lamech.

• § Lamech = "powerful"
• Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs

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

See Greek: Λάμεχ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לֶ֫מֶךְ‎ proper name, masculine (on original form compare Lag^{BN 77}; conjecture as to meaning Bu^{Urgesch. 102, 129}); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Gen 4:19 + 7 t.; ‎לָ֑מֶךְ‎ Gen 4:18 + 2 t.; —

1. son of ‎מְתוּשָׁאֵל‎ (Cainite) Gen 4:18; Gen 4:19; Gen 4:23 (twice in verse); Gen 4:24 (all J).

2. son of ‎מְתוּשֶׁלַח‎ (Sethite) Gen 5:25; Gen 5:26; Gen 5:28; Gen 5:30; Gen 5:31 (all P), 1Chr 1:3. — ᵐ5 Ααμεχ.

‎לְמִן‎, ‎לְמִנִּי‎ see ‎מִן‎ 9 b. ‎לְמַעַן‎ see ‎מען‎ below ‎ענה‎. ‎לֹעַ‎ see below I. ‎לוּעַ‎.

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