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Genesis 4:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ויאמר

H3068 And the LORD יהוה

H413 unto אל

H7014 Cain קין

H335 Where אי

H1893 is Abel הבל

H251 thy brother אחיך

H559 And he said ויאמר

H3808 not לא

H3045 know ידעתי

H8104 my brother's keeper השׁמר

H251 אחי

H595 I אנכי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H3068 LORD

H559 said

H413 unto

H7014 Cain

H335 Where

H1893 Abel

thy

H251 brother

And

H559 said

H595 I

H3045 know

H3808 not

H595 I

brother's

H8104 keeper

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8104

Hebrew: שָׁמַר

Transliteration: shâmar

Pronunciation: shaw-mar'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {beware} be {circumspect} take heed (to {self}) keep ({-er} {self}) {mark} look {narrowly} {observe} {preserve} {regard} {reserve} save ({self}) {sure} (that lay) wait ({for}) watch (-man).

Definition:

properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc.

1. to keep, guard, observe, give heed

a. (Qal)

1. to keep, have charge of

2. to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a

b. watch, watchman (participle)

1. to watch for, wait for

2. to watch, observe

3. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)

4. to keep (within bounds), restrain

5. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)

6. to keep, preserve, protect

7. to keep, reserve

c. (Niphal)

1. to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware

2. to keep oneself, refrain, abstain

3. to be kept, be guarded

d. (Piel) to keep, pay heed

e. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

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