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For a meaning of the name Methuselah, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads מות (mut) for the first part and translates the whole name with When He Is Dead It Shall Be Sent. NOBSE Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary both read מת ( mat ) for the first part; NOBSE translates the whole name with Man Of A ...
Methuselah means 'man of the spear' and since 'Cain' means 'possessor of the spear' Methuselah is parallel type to Cain as the one who brought death into the world. So both meanings can be derived from the name, and both are fruitful in meditating upon the scriptures. It is probable that both meanings were intended by God.
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Methuselah. This name is pronounced meh-tu-sheh-lahh (the "hh" is pronounced hard like the "ch" in the name "Bach") in Hebrew. This name is a combination of two words - metu and shelahh. Strong's dictionary states that this name means "man of the dart". According to Strong, the root for metu is the word mat (#4962) which means "man" and the ...
May 29, 2020 · Meaning & History. Means "man of the dart" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the father of Lamech and the grandfather of Noah. He lived to age 969, making him the longest-lived person in the Bible.
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Hisname, Methuselah, is a contractionof the words “matayim shloshim” (two hundred and thirty), referring to the number ofparables4 he typicallyshared when extolling G‑d’s greatness.5 Methuselahalso alludes to having the ineffable name of G‑d engraved upon his sword.6
Along with Adam,Seth (son of Adam), the three patriarchs (Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob)and KingDavid, Methuselah was one of the Seven Shepherds,7 i.e.spiritual leaders of their respective eras.8 TheTalmud teaches that Methuselah wasone of seven people whose years overlapped with those of Adam, the first human.9 Heserved under Adam’s tutelage for 243 yea...
AlthoughMethuselah lived during the erapreceding the Great Flood, when people ledsubversive and morally corrupt lives,13 heremained perfectly righteous.14 He attempted to sway thepeople of his generation to align their lives with a better moral lifestyle,but to no avail.15 Methuselah died of natural causes right before the onset of the Flood16 on t...
Uponhis passing, a seven-day period of mourning was observed,18 during which G‑d delayed theonset of the Flood outof deference to his righteousness.19 TheMidrash teaches that G‑d was so pleased with the honor accorded to Methuselahafter his passing that He radiated intense spirituallight (i.e. a heightened Divine consciousness)during those seven da...
The name has been variously explained as meaning "man of the weapon" or "man [worshiper] of [the deity] Salah." Methuselah in the genealogy of Seth (Gen. 5:2–21, P) is the counterpart of Methusael in that of Cain (4:18, J). The parallel is even more exact in the Septuagint which transcribes "Methuselah" in both instances.
This fact, plus the former possible meaning of his name, suggests that Methuselah’s very godly father, Enoch, received a prophecy from God when his son was born, thus the name. Methuselah’s great age may be further evidence of God’ “long-suffering… in the days of Noah” (1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:9).
