אוֹת קַיִן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Cain's Sign / Mark of Cain

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)