Bible/Genesis/4/22

Bible > Genesis > Chapter 4 > Verse 22

Genesis 4:22

---

← Genesis 4:21	Genesis 4:22 (KJV)	Genesis 4:23 →
And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.	And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.	And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Zillah^H6741, she also bare^H3205 Tubalcain^H8423, an instructer^H3913 of every artificer^H2794 in brass^H5178 and iron^H1270: and the sister^H269 of Tubalcain^H8423 was Naamah^H5279.

---

Original Hebrew

וְצִלָּה גַם־הִוא יָלְדָה אֶת־תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל וַאֲחֹות תּוּבַל־קַיִן נַעֲמָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/צִלָּ֣ה	ve./tzi.Lah	H6741	HC/Np	and/ Zillah
גַם	gam-	H1571	HD	also
הִ֗וא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	she
יָֽלְדָה֙	yal.Dah	H3205	HVqp3fs	she bore
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
תּ֣וּבַל	Tu.val	H8423	HNp	Tubal-
קַ֔יִן	Ka.yin	H8423	HNp	Cain
לֹטֵ֕שׁ	lo.Tesh	H3913	HVqrmsc	a sharpener of
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
חֹרֵ֥שׁ	cho.Resh	H2794	HVqrmsc	worker of
נְחֹ֖שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze
וּ/בַרְזֶ֑ל	u./var.Zel	H1270	HC/Ncmsa	and/ iron
וַֽ/אֲח֥וֹת	va./'a.Chot	H269	HC/Ncfsc	and/ (was) (the) sister of
תּֽוּבַל	tu.val-	H8423	HNp	Tubal-
קַ֖יִן	Ka.yin	H8423	HNp	Cain
נַֽעֲמָֽה	Na.'a.Mah	H5279	HNp	Naamah

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

Strong's References

• H269 — אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'): irregular feminine of אָח; a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively); (an-) other, sister, together.
• H1270 — בַּרְזֶל (barzel, bar-zel'): perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron.
• H2794 — חֹרֵשׁ (chôrêsh, kho-rashe'): active participle of חָרַשׁ; a fabricator or mechanic; artificer.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H3913 — לָטַשׁ (lâṭash, law-tash'): a primitive root; properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen; instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
• H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
• H5279 — נַעֲמָה (Naʻămâh, nah-am-aw'): feminine of נַעַם; pleasantness; Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine; Naamah.
• H6741 — צִלָּה (Tsillâh, tsil-law'): feminine of צֵל; Tsillah, an antediluvian woman; Zillah.
• H8423 — תּוּבַל קַיִן (Tûwbal Qayin, too-bal' kah'-yin): apparently from יָבַל (compare יְבוּל) and קַיִן; offspring of Cain; Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch; Tubal-cain.

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

• 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).
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

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

• brass — Exodus 25:3, Numbers 31:22, Deuteronomy 8:9, Deuteronomy 33:25, 2 Chronicles 2:7

Reciprocal references (1): Job 28:2

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ARTS AND CRAFTS
• Torrey’s: ARTS OF THE, BRASS, OR COPPER, IRON
• Nave’s: ADAH, ANTEDILUVIANS, ART, BRASS, BRAZIER, GENEALOGY, INVENTION, IRON, LAMECH, MASTER WORKMAN, MECHANIC, NAAMAH, SMITH, TUBAL-CAIN, ZILLAH

Discussion / Insights

No content yet

Notes and References

No content yet

Bible › Genesis › Genesis 4 › Verse 22