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'''Lamech''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|m|ɪ|k}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lamech|title=the definition of Lamech|website=Dictionary.com}}</ref> {{lang-he|לֶמֶךְ}} ''Lémeḵ'', in ] {{Script/Hebrew|לָמֶךְ}} ''Lā́meḵ'') is a person in ]'s ] in the fourth chapter of the ]. His father was named ]. Lamech is distinguished from the ] mentioned subsequently in Genesis, who was a descendant of ]'s third son ].<ref>{{bibleref2|Genesis|4:19–24|KJV}}</ref> |
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'''Lamech''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|m|ɪ|k}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lamech|title=the definition of Lamech|website=Dictionary.com}}</ref> {{lang-he|לֶמֶךְ}} ''Lémeḵ'', in ] {{Script/Hebrew|לָמֶךְ}} ''Lā́meḵ'') is a figure appearing in the Old Testament's ], where he is the seventh generation from ] and the father of the first breeders of livestock, the first metalworkers, and the first musicians; the list is comparable to the ancient Mesopotamian tradition of seven pre-flood heroes who originate arts and culture.{{sfn|Rogers|2000|p=784}} This Lamech appears in the ] genealogy (the line of Cain); the ] has another Lamech who is the father of ]. |
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The text resembles a mythology concerning the origin of the various forms of civilization, presenting the shepherds and musicians as products of the day, and pleasure as a product of the night. Blacksmiths, in carrying out their trade, are associated with the darkness. |
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The names{{what|date=March 2023}} are interpreted in the ] as an attack on ]. ''Adah'' is there interpreted as ''the deposed one'', implying that Lamech spurned her in favour of Zillah, whose own name is understood to mean ''she shaded herself ''. The Midrash consequently regards Adah as having been treated as a slave, tyrannised by her husband, who was at the beck and call of his mistress, Zillah. It claims that part of the immorality, which had led God to flood the Earth, was the polygamy practised by Lamech and his generation.<ref name="">{{Cite web|title=Bereishit Rabbah 23:2|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Bereishit_Rabbah.23.2|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}{{or|date=March 2023}} |
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The pedigree assigned to Lamech in the ] bears similarities to that given for ], and it has been suggested that they represent different versions of the same original pedigree.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bandstra|first=Barry L.|title=Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible|url=https://archive.org/details/readingoldtestam00band_309|url-access=limited|publisher=Wadsworth|year=2009|pages=-60|isbn=9780495391050}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}{{or|date=March 2023}} |
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==See also== |
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| title = Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible |
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| title = Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible |
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| publisher = Eerdmans |
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| publisher = Eerdmans |
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| year = 1998 |
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| year = 2000 |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&pg=PA784 |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&pg=PA784 |
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| isbn = 9781250088703 |
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| isbn = 9781250088703 |
