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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 4:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 4:610 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
קָיִןqāyinKajin
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
חָרָהḥārāhGlow
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
נָפְלוּnāp̄əlûFall
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
קָיִןqāyinKajin
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
חָרָהḥārāhGlow
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
נָפְלוּnāp̄əlûFall
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace

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