Genesis 4:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.”

Genesis 4:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:1518 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָכֵןlāḵēnTo set upright

כָּלkālWhole

הֹרֵגhōrēgSmite

קַיִןqayinKajin

שִׁבְעָתַיִםšivəʿātayimSeven-times

יֻקָּםyuqāmGrudge

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְקַיִןləqayinTo Kajin

אוֹתʾwōtSignal

לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of

הַכּוֹתhakwōtStrike

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

כָּלkālWhole

מֹצְאוֹmōṣəʾwōCome

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לָכֵןlāḵēnTo set upright

כָּלkālWhole

הֹרֵגhōrēgSmite

קַיִןqayinKajin

שִׁבְעָתַיִםšivəʿātayimSeven-times

יֻקָּםyuqāmGrudge

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְקַיִןləqayinTo Kajin

אוֹתʾwōtSignal

לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of

הַכּוֹתhakwōtStrike

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

מֹצְאוֹmōṣəʾwōCome

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