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Genesis 4:1

וְ הָ אָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתֹּו וַ תַּהַר וַ תֵּלֶד אֶת קַיִן וַ תֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת יְהוָה

And the Red-one has perceived152 אֶת-Eve his woman, and she is conceiving and bearing אֶת-Spearhead,153 and saying, `I have bought154 a man אֶת-Yahweh.`155


153

Cain, Hebrew qayin, means spear, and specifically the iron point of the lance. The spearhead. See Strong’s #7013, and Fürst. The staff, rod, scepter, stick are from two words used for tribe (See #4294, #7626).