Genesis 4:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?”
Genesis 4:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:610 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
קָיִןqāyinKajin
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
חָרָהḥārāhGlow
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
נָפְלוּnāp̄əlûFall
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace
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