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Genesis 4

Gen. 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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Adah,
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Wife,
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Ministry on This Verse

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two wives.
Gen. 2:18,24• 18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (Gen. 2:18,24)
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Matt. 19:4‑6,8• 4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
 5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
 6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. (Matt. 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.