Genesis
Genesis 4:15
15“Not so!”e replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Footnotes
- e 4:15 LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; Hebrew “Very well!” or “Therefore:”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not so | לָכֵן֙ | lā·ḵên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| replied | וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| If anyone | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| slays | הֹרֵ֣ג | hō·rêḡ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | H2026 kill, slay |
| Cain | קַ֔יִן | qa·yin | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7014 Cain |
| will be avenged | יֻקָּ֑ם | yuq·qām | Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5358 avenge, take vengeance |
| sevenfold | שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם | šiḇ·‘ā·ṯa·yim | Number - fd | H7659 seven-fold, seven times |
| And the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| placed | וַיָּ֨שֶׂם | way·yā·śem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| a mark | א֔וֹת | ’ō·wṯ | Noun - common singular | H226 sign |
| on Cain | לְקַ֙יִן֙ | lə·qa·yin | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7014 Cain |
| so that no one | לְבִלְתִּ֥י | lə·ḇil·tî | Preposition-l | H1115 not, except |
| who found him | מֹצְאֽוֹ׃ | mō·ṣə·’ōw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| would kill | הַכּוֹת־ | hak·kō·wṯ- | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H5221 smite |
| him | אֹת֖וֹ | ’ō·ṯōw | Direct object marker; third person masculine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 9:4 · Psalm 79:12 · Ezekiel 9:6 · Genesis 4:24 · Revelation 14:11 · Revelation 14:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.