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 4:11 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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