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Genesis 4:20 Interlinear

“bare And Adah Jabal he was the father of such as dwell in tents and of such as have cattle”

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Genesis 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַתֵּ֥לֶד	H3205	bare	to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
2	עָדָ֖ה	H5711	And Adah	adah, the name of two women
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	יָבָ֑ל	H2989	Jabal	jabal, an antediluvian
5	ה֣וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6	הָיָ֔ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7	אֲבִ֕י	H1	he was the father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
8	יֹשֵׁ֥ב	H3427	of such as dwell	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
9	אֹ֖הֶל	H168	in tents	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
10	וּמִקְנֶֽה׃	H4735	and of such as have cattle	something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition

Genesis 4:20 (current)bare And Adah Jabal he was the father of such as dwell in tents and of such as have cattle