Genesis 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”
Genesis 2:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:919 words
וַיַּצְמַחwayaṣəmaḥAnd sprout
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִןminPart
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
כָּלkālWhole
עֵץʿēṣTree
נֶחְמָדneḥəmādDelight in
לְמַרְאֶהləmarəʾehTo view
וְטוֹבwəṭwōvAnd good
לְמַאֲכָלləmaʾăḵālTo eatable
וְעֵץwəʿēṣAnd tree
הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe alive
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַגָּןhagānThe garden
וְעֵץwəʿēṣAnd tree
הַדַּעַתhadaʿatThe knowledge
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וָרָעwārāʿAnd bad
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