Genesis 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Genesis 2:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:1713 words
וּמֵעֵץûmēʿēṣAnd from tree
הַדַּעַתhadaʿatThe knowledge
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וָרָעwārāʿAnd bad
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכַלtōʾḵalEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
אֲכָלְךָʾăḵāləḵāEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
מוֹתmwōtDie
תָּמוּתtāmûtDie
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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