ࠊࠉ ࠔࠁࠏࠕࠉࠌ ࠉࠒࠌ ࠒࠉࠍ ࠅࠋࠌࠊ ࠔࠁࠏࠉࠌ ࠅࠔࠁࠏࠄ
Gen 4:24 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
כי שבעתים יקם קין ולמך שבעים ושבעה׃
Gen 4:24 [Masoretic Text]
כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם־קָ֑יִן וְלֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃
Gen 4:24 [Samaritan Targum]
ולא שבוין יתגבי קין ולמך יתיר ומותד:
If Qayin is avenged sevenfold, then Lamekh seventy-sevenfold.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כי | ࠊࠉ | For |
| 2 | שבעתים | ࠔࠁࠏࠕࠉࠌ | Sevenfold |
| 3 | יקם | ࠉࠒࠌ | Shall be avenged |
| 4 | קין | ࠒࠉࠍ | Cain |
| 5 | ולמך | ࠅࠋࠌࠊ | But Lamech |
| 6 | שבעים | ࠔࠁࠏࠉࠌ | Seventy |
| 7 | ושבעה | ࠅࠔࠁࠏࠄ | And seven |
Morphology
- כִּ֥י (kî) – Root: כי (k-y); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “If”; Notes: Introduces a conditional statement.
- שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם (šivʿatayim) – Root: שבע (š-b-ʿ); Form: Dual noun; Translation: “sevenfold”; Notes: Indicates a multiplication by seven.
- יֻקַּם־ (yuqqam) – Root: נקם (n-q-m); Form: Pual imperfect, third masculine singular; Translation: “is avenged”; Notes: Refers to the punishment or revenge upon someone.
- קָ֑יִן (qayin) – Root: קין (q-y-n); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Cain”; Notes: Refers to the individual previously mentioned in the narrative.
- וְלֶ֖מֶךְ (wəlemeḵ) – Root: למך (l-m-k); Form: Conjunction וְ + proper noun; Translation: “then Lamekh”; Notes: Introduces a comparison to Cain.
- שִׁבְעִ֥ים (šivʿîm) – Root: שבע (š-b-ʿ); Form: Numeral; Translation: “seventy”; Notes: The first part of the multiplied value.
- וְשִׁבְעָֽה (wəšivʿāh) – Root: שבע (š-b-ʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + numeral; Translation: “and seven”; Notes: Completes the expression “seventy-sevenfold.”
