Genesis 2:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”
Genesis 2:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:523 words
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
שִׂיחַśîḥaShoot
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
טֶרֶםṭeremNon-occurrence
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
עֵשֶׂבʿēśevGrass
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
טֶרֶםṭeremNon-occurrence
יִצְמָחyiṣəmāḥSprout
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
הִמְטִירhiməṭîrRain
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְאָדָםwəʾādāmAnd ruddy
אַיִןʾayinNonentity
לַעֲבֹדlaʿăvōdTo work
אֶתʾet—
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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