Genesis 2:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

Genesis 2:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:2413 words

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

יַעֲזָבyaʿăzāvLoosen

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אִמּוֹʾimwōMother

וְדָבַקwədāvaqAnd impinge

בְּאִשְׁתּוֹbəʾišətwōIn woman

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לְבָשָׂרləvāśārTo flesh

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

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

Word-by-word meanings

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

יַעֲזָבyaʿăzāvLoosen

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִמּוֹʾimwōMother

וְדָבַקwədāvaqAnd impinge

בְּאִשְׁתּוֹbəʾišətwōIn woman

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לְבָשָׂרləvāśārTo flesh

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

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