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Genesis 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.


Genesis 4:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:214 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֣סֶףwatōsep
and she repeatedconjH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
לָ/לֶ֔דֶתlāledet
to give birth topronH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָחִ֖י/וʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ֑בֶלhābel
AbelnounH1893
וַֽ/יְהִיwayəhiy
and he wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הֶ֨בֶל֙hebel
AbelnounH1893
רֹ֣עֵהrōʿēh
a herder ofverbH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
צֹ֔אןṣōʾn
sheepnounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
וְ/קַ֕יִןwəqayin
and CainconjH7014
Kenite
הָיָ֖הhāyāh
he wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עֹבֵ֥דʿōbēd
a tiller ofverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֲדָמָֽהʾădāmāh
the groundnounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
Words 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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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago
The cost of discipleship - Genesis 4
I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. We bring nothing; He provides everything. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. The promise here is no...
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