Genesis 4:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.”

Genesis 4:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:2216 words

וְצִלָּהwəṣilāhAnd Tsillah

גַםgamAssemblage

הִואhiwʾHe

יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young

אֶתʾet—

תּוּבַלtûval—

קַיִןqayinTubal-Kajin

לֹטֵשׁlōṭēšHammer out

כָּלkālWhole

חֹרֵשׁḥōrēšFabricator

נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper

וּבַרְזֶלûvarəzelAnd iron

וַאֲחוֹתwaʾăḥwōtAnd sister

תּוּבַלtûval—

קַיִןqayinTubal-Kajin

נַעֲמָהnaʿămāhNaamah

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְצִלָּהwəṣilāhAnd Tsillah

גַםgamAssemblage

הִואhiwʾHe

יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

תּוּבַלtûvaldirect object marker (no translation)

קַיִןqayinTubal-Kajin

לֹטֵשׁlōṭēšHammer out

כָּלkālWhole

חֹרֵשׁḥōrēšFabricator

נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper

וּבַרְזֶלûvarəzelAnd iron

וַאֲחוֹתwaʾăḥwōtAnd sister

תּוּבַלtûvaldirect object marker (no translation)

קַיִןqayinTubal-Kajin

נַעֲמָהnaʿămāhNaamah

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