What Does Genesis 5:14 Mean in the King James?
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
A life can fill 910 years and still meet the same final words: and he died.
THE MEANING
This verse holds a whole life inside a number, 910 years, and still ends with the plain truth: he dies. However long its counted span becomes, a human life remains finite.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A life that lasts long enough can escape death.
THE ROOT
וַיָּמֹת
wayyāmōt
GROWS FROM
מות
m-w-t
to die
“died” in this verse is wayyāmōt. This root connects the act of dying with death itself and the state of being dead. The final clause is not a ceremonial tag after the number: years accumulate, but the ending remains the same.
ALSO GROWS
māwet: Death
מָוֶת
The noun names the ending carried by the verb in this verse.
mēt: Dead; a dead person
מֵת
This form names the state reached when the act of dying is complete.
THE PATTERN
No measured human lifespan escapes the plain ending of death.
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:THE THREAD
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;Ecclesiastes places dying within the recurring times of life, beside birth and planting and harvest. Genesis 5:14 compresses that rhythm into one counted span and its final clause.
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