Genesis 4:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away 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 take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Amos 6:5 : 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, 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 yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

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