Genesis 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
Genesis 4:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:1213 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תַעֲבֹדtaʿăvōdWork
אֶתʾet—
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹסֵףtōsēp̄Add
תֵּתtētGive
כֹּחָהּkōḥāhVigor
לָךְlāḵəTo
נָעnāʿWaver
וָנָדwānādAnd nod
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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