ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ ࠉࠄࠅࠄ ࠀࠋ ࠒࠉࠍ ࠋࠌࠄ ࠇࠓࠄ ࠋࠊ ࠅࠋࠌࠄ ࠍࠐࠋࠅ ࠐࠍࠉࠊ
Gen 4:6 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויאמר יהוה אל קין למה חרה לך ולמה נפלו פניך׃
Gen 4:6 [Masoretic Text]
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־קָ֑יִן לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃
Gen 4:6 [Samaritan Targum]
ואמר יהוה לקין למה אתקף לך ולמה נפלו אפיך:
And YHWH said to Qayin, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?”
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויאמר | ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ | And He said |
| 2 | יהוה | ࠉࠄࠅࠄ | YHWH |
| 3 | אל | ࠀࠋ | To |
| 4 | קין | ࠒࠉࠍ | Cain |
| 5 | למה | ࠋࠌࠄ | Why |
| 6 | חרה | ࠇࠓࠄ | Is it burning |
| 7 | לך | ࠋࠊ | To you |
| 8 | ולמה | ࠅࠋࠌࠄ | And why |
| 9 | נפלו | ࠍࠐࠋࠅ | Have fallen |
| 10 | פניך | ࠐࠍࠉࠊ | Your face |
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (wayyōmer) – Root: אמר (ʾ-m-r); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative past), third masculine singular; Translation: “And said”; Notes: Marks the LORD’s response or question to Qayin.
- יְהוָ֖ה (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (Y-H-W-H); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “the LORD”; Notes: Refers to the divine name.
- אֶל־קָ֑יִן (ʾel-qāyin) – Root: קין (q-y-n); Form: Preposition אֶל + proper noun; Translation: “to Qayin”; Notes: Indicates the direct recipient of the LORD’s words.
- לָ֚מָּה (lāmmāh) – Root: מה (m-h); Form: Interrogative particle with preposition לְ; Translation: “Why”; Notes: Introduces the first question about Qayin’s anger.
- חָ֣רָה (ḥārāh) – Root: חרה (ḥ-r-h); Form: Qal perfect, third masculine singular; Translation: “are you angry”; Notes: Refers to Qayin’s emotional state.
- לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ) – Root: ל (l); Form: Preposition לְ + second masculine singular suffix; Translation: “to you”; Notes: Clarifies the subject of the anger.
- וְלָ֖מָּה (wĕlāmmāh) – Root: מה (m-h); Form: Conjunction וְ + interrogative particle with preposition לְ; Translation: “and why”; Notes: Introduces the second question about Qayin’s dejection.
- נָפְל֥וּ (nāfĕlū) – Root: נפל (n-p-l); Form: Qal perfect, third masculine plural; Translation: “has fallen”; Notes: Refers to the change in Qayin’s demeanor.
- פָנֶֽיךָ (pāneḵā) – Root: פנים (p-n-y); Form: Noun, plural masculine with second masculine singular suffix; Translation: “your face”; Notes: Indicates Qayin’s physical expression of his inner emotions.