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 4:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:2010 words
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
עָדָהʿādāhAdah
אֶתʾet—
יָבָלyāvālJabal
הוּאhûʾHe
הָיָהhāyāhExist
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
וּמִקְנֶהûmiqənehAnd bought
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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