קַיִן

«קַיִן» in the Tanakh dictionary: Cain — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 16 times · Key: 7014 · BDB: קַ֫יִן³

Glosses

Cain (16)

Meaning (OSHB)

Cain tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «קַיִן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 4:24

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

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.

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