Genesis 4:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.”
Genesis 4:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:2317 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
לְנָשָׁיוlənāšāywTo woman
עָדָהʿādāhAdah
וְצִלָּהwəṣilāhAnd Tsillah
שְׁמַעַןšəmaʿanHear
קוֹלִיqwōlîVoice
נְשֵׁיnəšêWoman
לֶמֶךְlemeḵəLemek
הַאְזֵנָּהhaʾəzēnāhBroaden out the ear
אִמְרָתִיʾimərātîCommandment
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אִישׁʾîšMan
הָרַגְתִּיhāragətîSmite
לְפִצְעִיləp̄iṣəʿîTo wound
וְיֶלֶדwəyeledAnd something born
לְחַבֻּרָתִיləḥaburātîTo bound
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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