Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 4:12 Interlinear
“When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּ֤י | H3588 | When | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed |
| 2 | תַֽעֲבֹד֙ | H5647 | thou tillest | to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc |
| 3 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 4 | הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | H127 | the ground | soil (from its general redness) |
| 5 | לֹֽא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 6 | תֹסֵ֥ף | H3254 | it shall not henceforth | to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) |
| 7 | תֵּת | H5414 | yield | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 8 | כֹּחָ֖הּ | H3581 | unto thee her strength | vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce) |
| 9 | לָ֑ךְ | H0 | ||
| 10 | נָ֥ע | H5128 | a fugitive | to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined) |
| 11 | וָנָ֖ד | H5110 | and a vagabond | to nod, i.e., waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the hea |
| 12 | תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 13 | בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | H776 | shalt thou be in the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
Verse Context
Genesis 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth ...
Genesis 4:12 (current)When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth
Genesis 4:13said And Cain unto the LORD is greater My punishment...