1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _ Elohim_ following immediately on _ Jehovah_ has a grammatical adjunct, its place will be taken by th... [ Continue Reading ]
4:1 Cain, (a-12) Acquisition.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:2 Abel. (b-7) Heb. _ Hebel_ , a breath (Job 7:16 ); or 'vanity' (Psalms 144:4 ). shepherd, (c-12) Lit. 'herdsman of small cattle.' husbandman. (d-17) Lit. 'worked the ground.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:3 time (e-5) Lit. 'at the end of days.' offering (f-20) Lit. 'gift,' _ minchah_ . so vers. 4,5; elsewhere translated 'oblation.' See Leviticus 2:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:7 confidence]? (g-12) See Job 11:15 . Or possibly, 'shalt thou not be accepted.' But I should question 'accepted,' the rather as _ nasa_ is used for it here. Lit. 'is there not a lifting up?' sin (h-19) Or 'a sin-offering,' Heb. _ chattath_ the word having both senses. see Note _ b_ Leviticus 5:1... [ Continue Reading ]
4:13 borne. (i-13) Or 'Mine iniquity (Heb. _ gahvon_ ) is too great to be forgiven.' See Note Lamentations 4:6 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:15 smite (k-27) Or 'strike.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:16 Nod, (l-16) Flight, wandering. see ver. 12, where it is translated 'fugitive.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:22 of (a-14) Or 'the instructor of every worker in.' brass (b-15) Or 'bronze.' so always. Naamah. (c-24) Charming.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:23 bruise. (d-35) Or 'to my wounding,' 'to my bruising.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:25 Seth. (e-16) Appointed.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:26 Enosh. (f-16) Man, as weak, mortal, Psalms 8:4 ; Psalms 103:15 . on (g-22) Or 'to call themselves by,' but see chs. 12.8; 13.4; 21.33; 26.25.... [ Continue Reading ]