“And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”
Genesis 4:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:1717 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֵּ֤דַעwayēdaʿ
and he knewconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
קַ֨יִן֙qayin
CainnounH7014
Kenite
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹʾišətwō
wife hisnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
וַ/תַּ֖הַרwatahar
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
חֲנ֑וֹךְḥănwōkə
EnochnounH2585
וַֽ/יְהִי֙wayəhiy
and he wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בֹּ֣נֶהbōneh
buildingverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
עִ֔ירʿiyr
a citynounH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יִּקְרָא֙wayiqərāʾ
and he calledconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
שֵׁ֣םšēm
the name ofnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
הָ/עִ֔ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
כְּ/שֵׁ֖םkəšēm
according to the name ofpronH8034
base · named · renown · report
בְּנ֥/וֹbənwō
son hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
חֲנֽוֹךְḥănwōkə
EnochnounH2585
ℹWords 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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