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Genesis 4:11

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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.	And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And now art thou cursed^H779 from the earth^H127, which hath opened^H6475 her mouth^H6310 to receive^H3947 thy brother's^H251 blood^H1818 from thy hand^H3027;

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Original Hebrew

וְעַתָּה אָרוּר אָתָּה מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר פָּצְתָה אֶת־פִּיהָ לָקַחַת אֶת־דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ מִיָּדֶךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/עַתָּ֖ה	ve./'a.Tah	H6258	HC/D	and/ now
אָר֣וּר	'a.Rur	H779	HVqsmsa	(are) cursed
אָ֑תָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הָֽ/אֲדָמָה֙	ha./'a.da.Mah	H127	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ ground
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
פָּצְתָ֣ה	pa.tze.Tah	H6475	HVqp3fs	(it) has opened
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
פִּ֔י/הָ	Pi./ha	H6310	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	mouth/ its
לָ/קַ֛חַת	la./Ka.chat	H3947	HR/Vqc	to/ receive
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
דְּמֵ֥י	de.Mei	H1818	HNcmpc	(the) blood(s) of
אָחִ֖י/ךָ	'a.Chi./kha	H251	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	brother/ your
מִ/יָּדֶֽ/ךָ	mi./ya.De./kha	H3027	HR/Ncbsc/Sp2ms	from/ hand/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H779 — אָרַר (ʼârar, aw-rar'): a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.
• H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
• H6475 — פָּצָה (pâtsâh, paw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth); deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• opened — Job 16:18, Job 31:38-40, Isaiah 26:21, Revelation 12:16

Reciprocal references (10): Genesis 4:25, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 9:25, Numbers 16:32, Deuteronomy 28:16, 2 Samuel 4:11, 1 Kings 2:32, Habakkuk 2:12, Mark 4:28, Hebrews 6:8

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CURSE, DIVINE
• Torrey’s: JUDGMENTS, MURDER
• Nave’s: ABEL, CAIN, CURSE, ESCAPE, HOMICIDE, JUDGMENTS, SIN

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