“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֶ֜מֶךְlemekə
LamechnounH3929
לְ/נָשָׁ֗י/וlənāšāyw
to wives hispronH802
each · every · female · many ···
עָדָ֤הʿādāh
O AdahnounH5711
וְ/צִלָּה֙wəṣilāh
and ZillahconjH6741
שְׁמַ֣עַןšəmaʿan
listen toverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
קוֹלִ֔/יqwōliy
voice mynounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
נְשֵׁ֣יnəšēy
O wives ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
לֶ֔מֶךְlemekə
LamechnounH3929
הַאְזֵ֖נָּהhaʾəzēnāh
give ear toverbH238
hear. See
אִמְרָתִ֑/יʾimərātiy
speech mynounH565
speech · word
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִ֤ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָרַ֨גְתִּי֙hāragətiy
I have killedverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
לְ/פִצְעִ֔/יləpiṣəʿiy
for bruise mypronH6482
וְ/יֶ֖לֶדwəyeled
and a young manconjH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
לְ/חַבֻּרָתִֽ/יləḥaburātiy
for wound mypronH2250
bruise · hurt · stripe · wound
ℹWords 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.