Genesis 4:22 — Word Study

צִלָּה (tsil.lah) — Zillah.

A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929);

mother of: Tubal-cain (H8423) and Naamah (H5279)

§ Zillah = "shade"

the 2nd wife of Lamech and mother of Tubal-cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron

1571 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.

גַּם (gam) — also.

1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea

1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)

1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)

1c) even (for stress)

1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)

1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)

1f) but, yet, though (adversative)

1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)

2) (TWOT) again, alike

הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it

an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

It resumes the subj. with emph.

Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

As an emph. predicate, of God

In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

base

H1931 הוּא, הִיא he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it . an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

. It resumes the subj. with emph.

. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

. As an emph. predicate, of God

. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

1931 huw' hoo

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; 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.

הוּא (hu) — he/she/it.

pron 3p s

1) he, she, it

1a) himself (with emphasis)

1b) resuming subj with emphasis

1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

1d) (anticipating subj)

1e) (emphasising predicate)

1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron

2) that (with article)

יָלַד 497 vb. bear, bring forth, beget

Qal

bear, bring forth

less often beget

of both parents

Niph. be born

Pi. cause (or help) to bring forth, viz., assist or tend as midwife

Pu. be born

Hiph.

beget (a father a child)

bear

Hoph. day of one's being born = birthday

Hithp. declared their pedigree

base

H3205 יָלַד bear, bring forth, beget .. bear, bring forth

. less often beget

. of both parents

. be born

. cause (or help) to bring forth, viz., assist or tend as midwife

. be born

. . beget (a father a child)

. bear

. day of one's being born = birthday

. declared their pedigree

3205 yalad 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).

יָלַד (ya.lad) — to beget.

1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to bear, bring forth

1a1a) of child birth

1a1b) of distress (simile)

1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)

1a2) to beget

1b) (Niphal) to be born

1c) (Piel)

1c1) to cause or help to bring forth

1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife

1c3) midwife (participle)

1d) (Pual) to be born

1e) (Hiphil)

1e1) to beget (a child)

1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)

1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

853 'eth ayth

apparent contracted from 226 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).

see HEBREW for 0226

8423 Tuwbal Qayin too-bal' kah'-yin

apparently from 2986 (compare 2981) and 7014; offspring of

Cain; Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch:--Tubal-cain.

see HEBREW for 02986

see HEBREW for 02981

see HEBREW for 07014

תּוּבַל־קַ֫יִן (tu.val qa.yin) — Tubal-cain.

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22;

son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741);

brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279)

§ Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain"

son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal

8423 Tuwbal Qayin too-bal' kah'-yin

apparently from 2986 (compare 2981) and 7014; offspring of

Cain; Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch:--Tubal-cain.

see HEBREW for 02986

see HEBREW for 02981

see HEBREW for 07014

תּוּבַל־קַ֫יִן (tu.val qa.yin) — Tubal-cain.

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22;

son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741);

brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279)

§ Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain"

son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal

[לָטַשׁ] vb. hammer, sharpen, whet

Qal

hammer

sharpen sword

Pu. a sharpened razor

base

לָטַשׁ (la.tash) — to sharpen.

1) to sharpen, hammer, whet

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to hammer

1a2) to sharpen (sword)

1a3) hammerer (participle)

1b) (Pual) to be sharpened

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

Absolutely:

without the art., all things, all

with the art. הַכֹּל

where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

base

H3605 כֹּל once כּוֹל the whole, all . with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

. Absolutely: . without the art., all things, all

. with the art. הַכֹּל . where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

. in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

3605 kol kole

or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; 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).

see HEBREW for 03634

כֹּל (kol) — all.

1) all, the whole

1a) all, the whole of

1b) any, each, every, anything

1c) totality, everything

Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

[חָרַשׁ] vb. cut in, engrave, plough, devise

Qal

cut in, engrave

plough

devise

Niph. Zion, as a field she shall be ploughed

Hiph. fabricating mischief against

base

[חָרֵשׁ] vb. 1. be silent, dumb, speechless; 2. be deaf; chiefly poet.

Qal

be silent, alw. of God’s keeping silence when men pray

be deaf

Hiph.

be silent (= exhibit silence)

once causat. make silent

be deaf, shew deafness

base

2790 charash khaw-rash'

a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to

engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate

(of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense);

hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone;

hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of

dumbness):--X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise,

ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace,

plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep

silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue,

worker.

חָרַשׁ (cha.rash) — to plow/plot.

1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to cut in, engrave

1a2) to plough

1a3) to devise

1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed

1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil

חָרֵשׁ (cha.resh) — be quiet.

1) to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to be silent

1a2) to be deaf

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to be silent, keep quiet

1b2) to make silent

1b3) to be deaf, show deafness

1c) (Hithpael) to remain silent

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת 137 n.m. copper, bronze

copper

fetters of copper or bronze

as less in value than gold but more than wood

fig. of pitiless sky

base

[נְחֹ֫שֶׁת] n.[f.] Ez 16:36 where context favours mng. lust, harlotry, or specif. sens. obscoen.

ref

H5178a נְחֹ֫שֶׁת copper, bronze . copper

. fetters of copper or bronze

. as less in value than gold but more than wood

. fig. of pitiless sky

H5178b נְחֹ֫שֶׁת where context favours mng. lust, harlotry, or specif. sens. obscoen.

5178 nchosheth nekh-o'-sheth

for 5154; 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.

see HEBREW for 05154

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) — bronze.

1) copper, bronze

1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy)

1b) fetters (of copper or bronze)

1c) copper (as value)

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) — lust.

lust, harlotry

בַּרְזֶל n.m. iron

iron, lit.

tool of iron

iron in fig. of unwatered earth

base

1270 barzel bar-zel'

perhaps from the root of 1269; iron (as cutting); by

extension, an iron implement:--(ax) head, iron.

see HEBREW for 01269

בַּרְזֶל (bar.zel) — iron.

1) iron

1a) iron

1a1) iron ore

1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements

2) tool of iron

3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.)

Aramaic equivalent: par.zel (פַּרְזֶל "iron" H6523)

אָחוֹת 114 n.f. sister

sister

= beloved

symbol. of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem

fig. of intimate connection

another

base

269 'achowth aw-khoth'

irregular feminine of 251; a sister (used very widely (like

250), literally and figuratively):--(an-)other, sister,

together.

see HEBREW for 0251

see HEBREW for 0250

אָחוֹת (a.chot) — sister.

1) sister

1a) sister (same parents)

1b) half-sister (same father)

1c) relative

1c1) (metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship

1d) beloved

1d1) bride

1e) (fig.) of intimate connection

1f) another

8423 Tuwbal Qayin too-bal' kah'-yin

apparently from 2986 (compare 2981) and 7014; offspring of

Cain; Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch:--Tubal-cain.

see HEBREW for 02986

see HEBREW for 02981

see HEBREW for 07014

תּוּבַל־קַ֫יִן (tu.val qa.yin) — Tubal-cain.

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22;

son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741);

brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279)

§ Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain"

son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal

8423 Tuwbal Qayin too-bal' kah'-yin

apparently from 2986 (compare 2981) and 7014; offspring of

Cain; Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch:--Tubal-cain.

see HEBREW for 02986

see HEBREW for 02981

see HEBREW for 07014

תּוּבַל־קַ֫יִן (tu.val qa.yin) — Tubal-cain.

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22;

son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741);

brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279)

§ Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain"

son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal

נַעֲמָה n.pr.f.

sister of Tubal Cain

Ammonitess, mother of Rehoboam

base

נַעֲמָה n.pr.loc. city assigned to Judah in Philist. plain Jos 15:41

ref

5279 Na`amah nah-am-aw'

feminine of 5277; pleasantness; Naamah, the name of an

antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in

Palestine:--Naamah.

see HEBREW for 05277

נַעֲמָה (na.a.mah) — Naamah.

A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.21; married to Solomon (H8010);

mother of: Rehoboam (H7346)

§ Naamah = "loveliness"

1) daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood

2) the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah

נַעֲמָה (na.a.mah) — Naamah.

§ Naamah = "loveliness"

a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia

נַעֲמָה (na.a.mah) — Naamah.

A woman living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.22;

daughter of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741);

sister of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423)

§ Naamah = "loveliness"

a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia