Genesis 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
Genesis 2:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:1510 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾet—
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
וַיַּנִּחֵהוּwayaniḥēhûAnd deposit
בְגַןvəganIn garden
עֵדֶןʿēdenEden
לְעָבְדָהּləʿāvədāhTo work
וּלְשָׁמְרָהּûləšāmərāhAnd to hedge
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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