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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
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
עָדָהʿādāhAdah
אֶתʾet
יָבָלyāvālJabal
הוּאhûʾHe
הָיָהhāyāhExist
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
וּמִקְנֶהûmiqənehAnd bought
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
עָדָהʿādāhAdah
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יָבָלyāvālJabal
הוּאhûʾHe
הָיָהhāyāhExist
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
וּמִקְנֶהûmiqənehAnd bought

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