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Genesis 3:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?


Genesis 3:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1115 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
הִגִּידhigîdFront
לְךָləḵāTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
עֵירֹםʿêrōmNudity
אָתָּהʾātāhThou
הֲמִןhăminPart
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוִּיתִיךָṣiûytîḵāConstitute
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
אֲכָלʾăḵālEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
אָכָלְתָּʾāḵālətāEat
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
הִגִּידhigîdFront
לְךָləḵāTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
עֵירֹםʿêrōmNudity
אָתָּהʾātāhThou
הֲמִןhăminPart
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוִּיתִיךָṣiûytîḵāConstitute
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
אֲכָלʾăḵālEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
אָכָלְתָּʾāḵālətāEat

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