Genesis 4:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְצִלָּ֣ה גַם־הִ֗וא יָֽלְדָה֙ אֶת־תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן לֹטֵ֕שׁ כָּל־חֹרֵ֥שׁ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל וַֽאֲח֥וֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַ֖יִן נַֽעֲמָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-Tsillah also-she yaledah ʾet-Tubal-Qayin lotesh all-ḥoresh neḥoshet and-barzel and-sister-of Tubal-Qayin Naʿamah

Grammar Details

• *we-Tsillah*: conjunction + proper noun, feminine singular - and Zillah
• *gam*-*hiʾ*: adverb + 3rd feminine singular pronoun - also she
• *yaledah*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - bore/gave birth to
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Tubal*-*Qayin*: compound proper noun, masculine singular - Tubal-cain
• *lotesh*: qal participle, masculine singular construct - forger/sharpener of
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all/every
• *ḥoresh*: qal participle, masculine singular construct - craftsman of
• *neḥoshet*: noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper
• *u-barzel*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and iron
• *wa-ʾaḥot*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and sister of
• *Naʿamah*: proper noun, feminine singular - Naamah

Word Meanings

• *lotesh*: forger/sharpener/hammerer
• *ḥoresh*: craftsman/engraver/worker
• *neḥoshet*: bronze/copper

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:3 : 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
• Num 31:22 : 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
• Deut 8:9 : 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
• Deut 33:25 : 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
• 2 Chr 2:7 : 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.