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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (KJV)
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וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 1
קַ֥יִןKa.yinCain
Lemma: קַ֫יִן (qa.yin) · Strong's: H7014B
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Cain
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7014B; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 2
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 3
מִנְחָת֖וֹmin.cha.Tooffering his
Lemma: מִנְחָה (min.chah) · Strong's: H4503G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: offering
Used 176 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Exodus 29:41, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 40:29, Leviticus 2:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4503G; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 4
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 5
שָׁעָ֑הsha.'Ahhe looked
Lemma: שָׁעָה (sha.ah) · Strong's: H8159
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to gaze
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Exodus 5:9, 2 Samuel 22:42, Job 7:19, Job 14:6, Psalms 39:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8159; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 6
וַיִּ֤חַרvai.Yi.charand burned
Lemma: חָרָה (cha.rah) · Strong's: H2734
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be incensed
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:6, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 31:35, Genesis 31:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2734; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 7
לְקַ֙יִן֙le.Ka.yinto Cain
Lemma: קַ֫יִן (qa.yin) · Strong's: H7014B
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Cain
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7014B; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 8
מְאֹ֔דme.'Odexceedingly
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 13:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 9
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּvai.yi.pe.Luand they fell
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307K
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to fall: angry
Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307K; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 10
פָּנָֽיו\׃pa.Navface his
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: angry
Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440M; TAHOT Genesis 4:5 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| but | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| He had no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| regard | → | שָׁעָה H8159 to gaze |
| for | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Cain | → | קַ֫יִן H7014B Cain |
| and his offering | → | מִנְחָה H4503G offering |
| So Cain | → | קַ֫יִן H7014B Cain |
| became very | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
| angry | → | חָרָה H2734 to be incensed |
| and his countenance | → | פָּנֶה H6440M face: angry |
| fell | → | נָפַל H5307K to fall: angry |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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