Cain's Sign / Mark of Cain

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Cain's Sign / Mark of Cain

Cain's Sign / Mark of Cain

Figuratively: a mark of disgrace; a bad reputation.

("And the Lord said to him, ‘Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken sevenfold.’ And the Lord set a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down" – Genesis 4:15, and: "And the sun turned into a stain of your pure blood / the mark of Cain on the forehead of the world, a mark of failure" – H.N. Bialik / Yadati, Lail Arafel)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹת קַיִן

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אוֹת קָלוֹן. שֵׁם רַע.

("וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ ה' לָכֵן כָּל הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם. וַיָּשֶׂם ה' לְקַיִן אוֹת לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֹת אֹתוֹ כָּל מֹצְאוֹ" – בְּרֵאשִׁית ד טוּ, וְכֵן:"וְנֶהְפַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לַכֶּתֶם דִּמְכֶם הַנָּקִי/ אוֹת קַיִן עַל מֵצַח הָעוֹלָם וְאוֹת כִּשָּׁלוֹן" – ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ יָדַעְתִּי, בְּלֵיל עֲרָפֶל)

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