Genesis 4:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.”
Genesis 4:24 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:247 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
שִׁבְעָתַיִםšivəʿātayimSeven-times
יֻקַּםyuqamGrudge
קָיִןqāyinKajin
וְלֶמֶךְwəlemeḵəAnd Lemek
שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy
וְשִׁבְעָהwəšivəʿāhAnd seven
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