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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 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:114 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָ֣/אָדָ֔םwəhāʾādām
and the manconjH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
יָדַ֖עyādaʿ
he knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חַוָּ֣הḥawāh
EvenounH2332
אִשְׁתּ֑/וֹʾišətwō
wife hisnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
וַ/תַּ֨הַר֙watahar
and she conceivedconjH2029
be with child · conceive · progenitor
וַ/תֵּ֣לֶדwatēled
and she boreconjH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
קַ֔יִןqayin
CainnounH7014
Kenite
וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
קָנִ֥יתִיqāniytiy
I have acquiredverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
אִ֖ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Markus BauerNote1mo ago
Adam Knew His Wife
After expulsion from Eden, Adam and Eve have sexual relations and conceive. The knowing continues, even in exile, even after failure. I think about how sexuality continues - not as a punishment or a ...
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