Genesis 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”

Genesis 2:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:69 words

וְאֵדwəʾēdAnd fog

יַעֲלֶהyaʿălehAscend

מִןminPart

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וְהִשְׁקָהwəhišəqāhAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵדwəʾēdAnd fog

יַעֲלֶהyaʿălehAscend

מִןminPart

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וְהִשְׁקָהwəhišəqāhAnd quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

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