Genesis 4 – Line 00099

LINE RENDERING FILE

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This isn’t a lesson. It’s a space. Come as you are. Let the line speak to you.

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INTRO

This file gives a minimal English phrasing of the original line, built directly from the Line Source File.

It’s readable, but not smoothed. Nothing is added beyond what’s traceable.

RENDERED LINE

And Lamech took for himself two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

RENDERING NOTES

“Took for himself” (וַיִּקַּח לוֹ) reflects the reflexive nuance of the preposition + pronoun, indicating agency and possession.

“Two wives” (שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים) uses the dual numeral construct; feminine, indicating paired feminine individuals.

Names are introduced with parallel phrasing: “The name of the one…” / “and the name of the second…”

“Adah” (עָדָה) and “Zillah” (צִלָּה) are personal names with poetic/semantic undertones ("adornment" and "shade" respectively).

Use of definite articles (ה) reinforces individual distinction between the two women.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“Was” added for fluid rendering of verbless nominal clauses.

“And” reflects original vav conjunction.

“For himself” interprets prepositional-pronominal pairing explicitly.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Marks the first biblical mention of polygamy.

Launches a new phase in the Cainite genealogy, now expanding from vertical descent to horizontal multiplication.

Sets up identities of Adah and Zillah; important for tracing the named offspring in upcoming verses.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Syntactic parallelism between “the name of the one…” and “the name of the second…” provides poetic symmetry.

Continuity from Line_00098: Lamech now shifts from being a son to becoming a patriarch.

The line introduces a triadic structure that unfolds over Lines 00099–00101 (wives → children → vocations).