Lay´mik
1 The son of Methushael, husband of Adah and Zillah, and father of three sons (Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, the progenitors, respectively, of nomads, musicians, and smiths) and a daughter (Naamah). Lamech vaunts his inclination and capacity for revenge in a way that expresses disdain for the limits on retaliation set in such biblical laws as (
