Genesis 4:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו יוּבָ֑ל ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י כָּל־תֹּפֵ֥שׂ כִּנּ֖וֹר וְעוּגָֽב׃

Transliteration

And-name-of his-brother Yubal he hayah ʾabi all-tofes kinnor and-ʿugab

Grammar Details

*we-shem*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and name of
*ʾaḥiw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother
*Yubal*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jubal
*huʾ*: 3rd masculine singular personal pronoun - he
*hayah*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was
*ʾabi*: noun, masculine singular construct - father of
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all
*tofes*: qal participle, masculine singular construct - handler of/player of
*kinnor*: noun, masculine singular - lyre/harp
*we-ʿugab*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and pipe/flute

Word Meanings

*ʾabi*: father of/founder of/originator of
*tofes kinnor we-ʿugab*: those who play the lyre and pipe/string and wind instrument players
*kinnor*: lyre/harp/stringed instrument
*ʿugab*: pipe/flute/wind instrument

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;
Job 21:12 : 12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Amos 6:5 : 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Rom 4:11-12 : 11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto {G2532} them; 12 and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

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