God & Savior

Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
Genesis 4:7
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

הֲל֤וֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב֙ שְׂאֵ֔ת וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תֵיטִ֔יב לַפֶּ֖תַח חַטָּ֣את רֹבֵ֑ץ וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ׃

  1. הֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'“¿ not”
    Particle, interrogative + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  2. אִם־'im-“if”
    Particle · from אִם · “if” · Strong's H0518A
  3. תֵּיטִיב֙tei.Tiv“you will do well”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from יָטַב · “be good” · Strong's H3190
  4. שְׂאֵ֔תse.'Et“lifting up”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from שְׂאֵת · “elevation” · Strong's H7613
  5. וְאִם֙ve.'Im“and if”
    Conjunction + Particle · from אִם · “if” · Strong's H0518A
  6. לֹ֣אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  7. תֵיטִ֔יבtei.Tiv“you will do well”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from יָטַב · “be good” · Strong's H3190
  8. לַפֶּ֖תַחla.Pe.tach“to the door”
    Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from פֶּ֫תַח · “entrance” · Strong's H6607
  9. חַטָּ֣אתcha.Tat“sin”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from חַטָּאת · “sin” · Strong's H2403B
  10. רֹבֵ֑ץro.Vetz“[is] crouching”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from רָבַץ · “to stretch” · Strong's H7257
  11. וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ve.'e.Lei.kha“and [is] to you”
    Conjunction + Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  12. תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹte.Shu.ka.To“desire its”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from תְּשׁוּקָה · “desire” · Strong's H8669
  13. וְאַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tah“and you”
    Conjunction + Pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אַתָּ֫ה · “you(m.s.)” · Strong's H0859A
  14. תִּמְשָׁל־tim.shol-“you will rule”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from מָשַׁל · “to rule” · Strong's H4910
  15. בּֽוֹ׃bo“over <the> it”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)