Genesis 4:10
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
עָשָׂה
have you done
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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קוֹל
Voice
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קוֹל
Voice, sound, thunder. Qowl. A voice of one calling in the desert. God speaks in many ways. The voice that matters most is the one that points to Jesus.
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דָּם
Blood
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דָּם
Blood. Dam. The life of a creature is in its blood. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy. It purchased our forgiveness and sealed the new covenant.
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צָעַק
are crying out
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צָעַק
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
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אֲדָמָה
Ground
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אֲדָמָה
soil (from its general redness)
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