Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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ASV
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
KJV
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֖ה | ve.'a.Tah | and now | H6258 → |
| אָר֣וּר | 'a.Rur | [are] cursed | H779 → |
| אָ֑תָּה | 'A.tah | you | H859 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ | ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| פָּצְתָ֣ה | pa.tze.Tah | <it> has opened | H6475 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| פִּ֔יהָ | Pi.ha | mouth its | H6310 → |
| לָקַ֛חַת | la.Ka.chat | to receive | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| דְּמֵ֥י | de.Mei | [the] blood<s> of | H1818 → |
| אָחִ֖יךָ | 'a.Chi.kha | brother your | H251 → |
| מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ | mi.ya.De.kha | from hand your | H3027 → |
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