Genesis 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיֵּדַעwayēdaʿAnd know
קַיִןqayinKajin
אֶתʾet—
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
אֶתʾet—
חֲנוֹךְḥănwōḵəChanok
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בֹּנֶהbōnehBuild
עִירʿîrCity
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
כְּשֵׁםkəšēmLike appellation
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
חֲנוֹךְḥănwōḵəChanok
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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