Genesis 4:9 Go deeper

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 1

יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 2

אֶל\־'el-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 4:9 word 3

קַ֔יִןKa.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 4:5, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7014B; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 4

אֵ֖י'eiwhere?

Lemma: אַי (ay) · Strong's: H0335

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 16:8, Exodus 2:20, Deuteronomy 32:37, Judges 13:6, 1 Samuel 9:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0335; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 5

הֶ֣בֶלHe.vel[is] Abel

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1893

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Abel

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1893; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 6

אָחִ֑יךָ'a.Chi.khabrother your

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 7

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 8

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 4:9 word 9

יָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 10

הֲשֹׁמֵ֥רha.sho.Mer¿ [the] keeper

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31, Genesis 41:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 11

אָחִ֖י'a.Chiof brother my

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 12

אָנֹֽכִי\׃'a.No.khi[am] I

Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 16:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Genesis 4:9 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Cain	→	קַ֫יִן H7014B Cain
Where	→	אַי H0335 where?
[is] your brother	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
Abel	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1893 Abel
I do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
he answered	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
{Am} I	→	אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I
my brother’s	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
keeper	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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