Genesis 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
Genesis 2:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:812 words
וַיִּטַּעwayiṭaʿAnd strike
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
גַּןganGarden
בְעֵדֶןvəʿēdenIn Eden
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
שָׁםšāmThere
אֶתʾet—
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצָרyāṣārMould
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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