Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
KJV
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| קַ֔יִן | Ka.yin | Cain | H7014 → |
| אֵ֖י | 'ei | where? | H335 → |
| הֶ֣בֶל | He.vel | [is] Abel | H1893 → |
| אָחִ֑יךָ | 'a.Chi.kha | brother your | H251 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יָדַ֔עְתִּי | ya.Da'.ti | I know | H3045 → |
| הֲשֹׁמֵ֥ר | ha.sho.Mer | ¿ [the] keeper | H8104 → |
| אָחִ֖י | 'a.Chi | of brother my | H251 → |
| אָנֹֽכִי׃ | 'a.No.khi | [am] I | H595 → |
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