Skip to content

Genesis 4:23

וַ יֹּאמֶר לֶמֶךְ לְ נָשָׁיו עָדָה וְ צִלָּה שְׁמַעַן קֹולִי נְשֵׁי לֶמֶךְ הַאְזֵנָּה אִמְרָתִי כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְ פִצְעִי וְ יֶלֶד לְ חַבֻּרָתִי
And Lamech is saying to his women—`Ornament and Shade, hear my voice, Women of Lamech, give ear to my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, and a born-one195 for my blow196;
196

Strong’s #2250, stripe, blow; Isaiah 1:6, Genesis 4:23; Isaiah 53:5; Proverbs 20:30; Psalm 38:6: — stripe, blow, stroke, Genesis 4:23 my blow, i.e. for striking me, compare Exodus 21:25 (twice in verse), also of injury to land of Judah (under figure of human body) Isaiah 1:6; of blows (singular collective) inflicted on suffering slave of, Isaiah 53:5; (plural) Psalm 38:6, Proverbs 20:30, i.e. blows that cut in.