Genesis 4:9
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
559 [e]וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
way-yō-mer
And saidConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
3068 [e]יְהוָה֙
Yah-weh
YHWHN-proper-ms
413 [e]אֶל־
’el-
toPrep
7014 [e]קַ֔יִן
qa-yin
CainN-proper-ms
335 [e]אֵ֖י
’ê
Where [is]Interrog
1893 [e]הֶ֣בֶל
he-ḇel
AbelN-proper-ms
251 [e]אָחִ֑יךָ
’ā-ḥî-ḵā
your brotherN-msc | 2ms
559 [e]וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
way-yō-mer
And He saidConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
3808 [e]לֹ֣א
NotAdv-NegPrt
3045 [e]יָדַ֔עְתִּי
yā-ḏa‘-tî
do I knowV-Qal-Perf-1cs
8104 [e]הֲשֹׁמֵ֥ר
hă-šō-mêr
A keeperV-Qal-Prtcpl-ms
251 [e]אָחִ֖י
’ā-ḥî
[for] my brotherN-msc | 1cs
595 [e]אָנֹֽכִי׃
’ā-nō-ḵî
[am] IPro-1cs





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, ‘Where [is] Abel thy brother?’ and he saith, ‘I have not known; my brother’s keeper—I?’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Cain, “ Where is your brother Abel? ”“ I don’t know,” he replied. “ Am I my brother’s guardian ? ”

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

King James Bible
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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