Genesis 2:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.”

Genesis 2:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:1310 words

וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation

הַנָּהָרhanāhārThe stream

הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double

גִּיחוֹןgîḥwōnGichon

הוּאhûʾHe

הַסּוֹבֵבhaswōvēvThe revolve

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

כּוּשׁkûšCush

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation

הַנָּהָרhanāhārThe stream

הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double

גִּיחוֹןgîḥwōnGichon

הוּאhûʾHe

הַסּוֹבֵבhaswōvēvThe revolve

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

כּוּשׁkûšCush

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