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lemex לֶ֫מֶךְ ‘Lamech’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root of uncertain meaning

lemex pr n m pers
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

Mentioned in Genesis 4:23, 4:19, 5:26, 5:30, 4:18, 5:25, 5:28, 5:31, 4:24 1 Chronicles 1:3

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