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Genesis 4:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.


Genesis 4:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:2522 words
וַיֵּדַעwayēdaʿAnd know
אָדָםʾādāmAdam
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
אֶתʾet
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שֵׁתšētSheth
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁתšātPlace
לִיTo
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
הֶבֶלhevelHebel
כִּיRelative conjunction
הֲרָגוֹhărāgwōSmite
קָיִןqāyinKajin
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּדַעwayēdaʿAnd know
אָדָםʾādāmAdam
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שֵׁתšētSheth
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁתšātPlace
לִיTo
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
הֶבֶלhevelHebel
כִּיRelative conjunction
הֲרָגוֹhărāgwōSmite
קָיִןqāyinKajin

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