Genesis
Genesis 4:14
14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behold | הֵן֩ | hên | Interjection | H2005 lo! behold |
| this | אֹתִ֜י | ’ō·ṯî | Direct object marker; first person common singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| day | הַיּ֗וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| You have driven me | גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ | gê·raš·tā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H1644 drive out, cast out |
| from the face | פְּנֵ֣י | pə·nê | Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| of the earth | הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| and from | מֵעַל֙ | mê·‘al | Preposition-m | H5921 height |
| Your face | וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ | ū·mip·pā·ne·ḵā | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| I will be hidden | אֶסָּתֵ֑ר | ’es·sā·ṯêr | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H5641 hide, conceal |
| I | וְהָיִ֜יתִי | wə·hā·yî·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a fugitive | נָ֤ע | nā‘ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter |
| and a wanderer | וָנָד֙ | wā·nāḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5110 move to and fro, wander, flutter, shew grief |
| on the earth | בָּאָ֔רֶץ | bā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and | וְהָיָ֥ה | wə·hā·yāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| whoever | כָל־ | ḵāl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| finds me | מֹצְאִ֖י | mō·ṣə·’î | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| kill me | יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃ | ya·har·ḡê·nî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H2026 kill, slay |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 35:19 · Job 15:20–24 · Psalm 143:7 · 2 Thessalonians 1:9 · Deuteronomy 28:65 · Proverbs 28:1 · Numbers 35:27 · Numbers 35:21 · Matthew 25:46 · Genesis 9:5–6 · Jeremiah 52:3 · Genesis 4:15–16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.