קַיִן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7014

Cain — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Cain tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קַ֫יִן³: n.pr.m. Cain tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Cain, Καιν, eldest son of Adam and Eve (expl. Gn 4:1 from קָנָה acquire; but in fact = ii. ק׳, as heros eponymos, according to WeComp. 11 StaG 285 ff. BuUrg. 193 Holz Gn 50 f. especially StaZAW xiv (1894), 250 ff.; xv (1895), 157 ff., CheEncy. Bib. cain);—ק׳ Gn 4:1, 2, 3, 5(×2), 8(×2), 9, 13, 15(×2), 16, 17, קָ֑יִן v 6, 24, 25 (all J).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Cain (16).

In the verses

Genesis 4:24 · tree →

כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם־קָ֑יִן וְלֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃

Word for word: (dm) sevenfold he.will.be.avenged Cain and Lamech seventy and seven

JPS 1917: If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Genesis 4:13 · tree →

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה גָּד֥וֹל עֲוֺנִ֖י מִנְּשֹֽׂא׃

Word for word: and he.said Cain to Yahweh [is.too].great punishment my for bearing

JPS 1917: And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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