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Adah ... Zillah
See how you translated these women's names in Genesis 4:19.
listen to my voice ... listen to my words
Lamech said the same thing twice for emphasis. His voice is a synecdoche for his whole person. Alternate translation: "listen carefully to me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)
a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me
Lamech killed only one person. These two phrases means the same thing and are repeated to emphasize the certainly of his action. Alternate translation: "a young man because he hurt me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)