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Genesis 4:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.


Genesis 4:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:2010 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֵּ֥לֶדwatēled
and she boreconjH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
עָדָ֖הʿādāh
AdahnounH5711
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יָבָ֑לyābāl
JabalnounH2989
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
הָיָ֔הhāyāh
he wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֲבִ֕יʾăbiy
the father ofnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
יֹשֵׁ֥בyōšēb
dwellers ofverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
אֹ֖הֶלʾōhel
tentnounH168
home · tabernacle · tent
וּ/מִקְנֶֽהwmiqəneh
and livestockconjH4735
flock · herd · possession · purchase ···
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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God is faithful in every circumstance. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts. Faith isn't the absence of dou...
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