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 4:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:214 words
וַתֹּסֶףwatōsep̄And add
לָלֶדֶתlāledetTo bear young
אֶתʾet—
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
אֶתʾet—
הָבֶלhāvelHebel
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הֶבֶלhevelHebel
רֹעֵהrōʿēhTend
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
וְקַיִןwəqayinAnd Kajin
הָיָהhāyāhExist
עֹבֵדʿōvēdWork
אֲדָמָהʾădāmāhSoil
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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