Genesis 2:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.”

Genesis 2:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:1011 words

וְנָהָרּwənāhārAnd stream

יֹצֵאyōṣēʾGo

מֵעֵדֶןmēʿēdenFrom Eden

לְהַשְׁקוֹתləhašəqwōtTo quaff

אֶתʾet—

הַגָּןhagānThe garden

וּמִשָּׁםûmišāmAnd from there

יִפָּרֵדyipārēdBreak through

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

לְאַרְבָּעָהləʾarəbāʿāhTo four

רָאשִׁיםrāʾšîmHead

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנָהָרּwənāhārAnd stream

יֹצֵאyōṣēʾGo

מֵעֵדֶןmēʿēdenFrom Eden

לְהַשְׁקוֹתləhašəqwōtTo quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַגָּןhagānThe garden

וּמִשָּׁםûmišāmAnd from there

יִפָּרֵדyipārēdBreak through

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

לְאַרְבָּעָהləʾarəbāʿāhTo four

רָאשִׁיםrāʾšîmHead

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