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Genesis 4:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3254 And she again ותסף

H3205 ללדת

H853 את

H251 bare his brother אחיו

H853 את

H1893 Abel הבל

H1961 was ויהי

H1893 And Abel הבל

H7462 a keeper רעה

H6629 of sheep צאן

H7014 but Cain וקין

H1961 was היה

H5647 a tiller עבד

H127 of the ground אדמה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

she

H3254 again

bare

his

H251 brother

H1893 Abel

And

H1893 Abel

H1961 was

H7462 keeper

H6629 sheep

but

H7014 Cain

H1961 was

H5647 tiller

the

H127 ground

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5647

Hebrew: עָבַד

Transliteration: ʻâbad

Pronunciation: aw-bad'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) {be} keep in {bondage} be {bondmen} {bond-service} {compel} {do} {dress} {ear} {execute} + {husbandman} {keep} labour (-ing {man}) bring to {pass} (cause {to} make to) serve ({-ing} {self}) ({be} become) servant ({-s}) do (use) {service} till ({-er}) transgress [from {margin]} (set a) {work} be {wrought} worshipper.

Definition:

to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc.

1. to work, serve

a. (Qal)

1. to labour, work, do work

2. to work for another, serve another by labour

3. to serve as subjects

4. to serve (God)

5. to serve (with Levitical service)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)

2. to make oneself a servant

c. (Pual) to be worked

d. (Hiphil)

1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve

2. to cause to serve as subjects

e. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906