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 4:25 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:2522 words
וַיֵּדַעwayēdaʿAnd know
אָדָםʾādāmAdam
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
אֶתʾet—
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet—
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שֵׁתšētSheth
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
שָׁתšātPlace
לִיlîTo
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
הֶבֶלhevelHebel
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הֲרָגוֹhărāgwōSmite
קָיִןqāyinKajin
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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