Genesis 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

Genesis 3:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1212 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַתָּהnātatāhGive

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

הִואhiwʾHe

נָתְנָהnātənāhGive

לִּיlîTo

מִןminPart

הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree

וָאֹכֵלwāʾōḵēlAnd eat

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַתָּהnātatāhGive

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

הִואhiwʾHe

נָתְנָהnātənāhGive

לִּיlîTo

מִןminPart

הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree

וָאֹכֵלwāʾōḵēlAnd eat

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