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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 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:812 words
וַיִּטַּעwayiṭaʿAnd strike
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
גַּןganGarden
בְעֵדֶןvəʿēdenIn Eden
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
שָׁםšāmThere
אֶתʾet
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצָרyāṣārMould
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּטַּעwayiṭaʿAnd strike
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
גַּןganGarden
בְעֵדֶןvəʿēdenIn Eden
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
שָׁםšāmThere
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצָרyāṣārMould

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