Genesis
Genesis 4:11
11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | וְעַתָּ֖ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| you | אָ֑תָּה | ’āt·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| cursed and banished | אָר֣וּר | ’ā·rūr | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H779 curse |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the ground | הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| has opened | פָּצְתָ֣ה | pā·ṣə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H6475 part, open |
| its mouth | פִּ֔יהָ | pî·hā | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H6310 mouth |
| to receive | לָקַ֛חַת | lā·qa·ḥaṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3947 take |
| your brother’s | אָחִ֖יךָ | ’ā·ḥî·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H251 brother |
| blood | דְּמֵ֥י | də·mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1818 blood |
| from your hand | מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ | mî·yā·ḏe·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Galatians 3:10 · Job 16:18 · Deuteronomy 28:15–20 · Genesis 3:14 · Isaiah 26:21 · Genesis 4:14 · Job 31:38–40 · Deuteronomy 27:16–26 · Revelation 12:16 · Deuteronomy 29:19–21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.