Genesis 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.”

Genesis 4:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:114 words

וְהָאָדָםwəhāʾādāmAnd the ruddy

יָדַעyādaʿKnow

אֶתʾet—

חַוָּהḥaûhEve

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

קַיִןqayinKajin

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

קָנִיתִיqānîtîErect

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetNearness

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָאָדָםwəhāʾādāmAnd the ruddy

יָדַעyādaʿKnow

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חַוָּהḥaûhEve

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

קַיִןqayinKajin

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

קָנִיתִיqānîtîErect

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetNearness

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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