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Genesis 4:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;


Genesis 4:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:1114 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
אָתָּהʾātāhThou
מִןminPart
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פָּצְתָהpāṣətāhRend
אֶתʾet
פִּיהָpîhāMouth
לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take
אֶתʾet
דְּמֵיdəmêBlood
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
מִיָּדֶךָmîdeḵāFrom hand
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
אָתָּהʾātāhThou
מִןminPart
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פָּצְתָהpāṣətāhRend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
פִּיהָpîhāMouth
לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דְּמֵיdəmêBlood
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
מִיָּדֶךָmîdeḵāFrom hand

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