{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4968",
  "lemma": "מְתוּשֶׁלַח",
  "transliteration": "Mᵉthûwshelach",
  "definition": "Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch",
  "kjv": "Methuselah.",
  "occurrences": 6,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H4962",
      "lemma": "מַת",
      "transliteration": "math",
      "meaning": "an adult",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4962"
    },
    {
      "id": "H7973",
      "lemma": "שֶׁלַח",
      "transliteration": "shelach",
      "meaning": "a missile of attack, i.e. spear",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7973"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח n.pr.m. descendant of Seth (? man of the dart)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:21",
      "text": "Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:22",
      "text": "After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:25",
      "text": "Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:26",
      "text": "Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:27",
      "text": "All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 1:3",
      "text": "Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/1?v=3"
    }
  ],
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  },
  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}