Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)">3205 [e] וַתֵּ֥לֶד wat-tê-leḏ And bore Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs 1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal 2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz 2a) also called 'Bashemath'">5711 [e] עָדָ֖ה ‘ā-ḏāh Adah N-proper-fs 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1) the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle">2989 [e] יָבָ֑ל yā-ḇāl; Jabal N-proper-ms 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)">1931 [e] ה֣וּא hū He Pro-3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] הָיָ֔ה hā-yāh, was V-Qal-Perf-3ms 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)">1 [e] אֲבִ֕י ’ă-ḇî the father N-msc 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell">3427 [e] יֹשֵׁ֥ב yō-šêḇ of those who dwell V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)">168 [e] אֹ֖הֶל ’ō-hel in tents N-ms 1a) cattle, livestock 1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal 1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks)">4735 [e] וּמִקְנֶֽה׃ ū-miq-neh. and [raise] livestock Conj-w | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

King James Bible
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.

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Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as …

1 Chronicles 2:50-52 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; …

1 Chronicles 4:4,5 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These …

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you …

Romans 4:11,12 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness …

father. The inventor or teacher,

1 Samuel 10:12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? …

dwell.

Genesis 4:2 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, …

Genesis 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; …

Jeremiah 35:9,10 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, …

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, …

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