Genesis 4 – Line 00104

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 4:24

כִּי שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקַּם־קָיִן וְלֶמֶךְ שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָה

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

ki shiv‘atayim yuqqam-qayin ve-lemekh shiv‘im ve-shiv‘ah

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: כִּי

Transliteration: ki

Lexical Root: כי (ki)

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Lexical Range:

for

because

when

indeed

if (contextual variability)

WORD 2

Original: שִׁבְעָתַיִם

Transliteration: shiv‘atayim

Lexical Root: שבע (sheva)

Part of Speech: Numeral (dual)

Grammatical Info: Dual form

Lexical Range:

sevenfold

seven times

sevenfold measure

WORD 3

Original: יֻקַּם

Transliteration: yuqqam

Lexical Root: קום (qum)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Pual imperfect 3rd person masculine singular

Lexical Range:

shall be avenged

shall be raised

shall be recompensed

shall be established (passive nuance)

WORD 4

Original: קָיִן

Transliteration: qayin

Lexical Root: קין (qayin)

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

Cain (personal name)

derived from “acquire” or “smith” roots

WORD 5

Original: וְלֶמֶךְ

Transliteration: ve-lemekh

Lexical Root: ו (vav) + למך (lemekh)

Part of Speech: Conjunction + proper noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

and Lamech (personal name)

WORD 6

Original: שִׁבְעִים

Transliteration: shiv‘im

Lexical Root: שבע (sheva)

Part of Speech: Numeral

Grammatical Info: Masculine plural (seventy)

Lexical Range:

seventy

WORD 7

Original: וְשִׁבְעָה

Transliteration: ve-shiv‘ah

Lexical Root: שבע (sheva)

Part of Speech: Numeral

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

and seven

and [additional] seven

totaling seventy-seven

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

Poetic continuation of Lamech’s speech from Genesis 4:23 (Line_00103).

Chiastic and numeric construction: Cain (7x), Lamech (77x).

Pual form “yuqqam” emphasizes passive divine or systemic retribution.

Conjunction “ve” in “ve-lemekh” creates parallelism.

“Shiv‘im ve-shiv‘ah” read as compound numeral: seventy-seven, reinforcing escalation.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

LXX maintains structure, rendering numbers as “seventy and sevenfold.”

No significant divergence in Samaritan Pentateuch.

DSS coverage not extant for this line.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Direct sequel to Line_00103 (Genesis 4:23), forming a poetic couplet.

Alludes backward to Genesis 4:15 (Cain’s avenging), now echoed and intensified.

Sets thematic precedent for cycles of vengeance and proportionality later in Torah (e.g., lex talionis in Exodus 21).

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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