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Genesis 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?


Genesis 3:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:122 words
וְהַנָּחָשׁwəhanāḥāšAnd the snake
הָיָהhāyāhExist
עָרוּםʿārûmCunning
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
חַיַּתḥayatAlive
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
אַףʾap̄Accession
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
עֵץʿēṣTree
הַגָּןhagānThe garden
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַנָּחָשׁwəhanāḥāšAnd the snake
הָיָהhāyāhExist
עָרוּםʿārûmCunning
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
חַיַּתḥayatAlive
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
אַףʾap̄Accession
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
עֵץʿēṣTree
הַגָּןhagānThe garden

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