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Genesis 3:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:


Genesis 3:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1423 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
הַנָּחָשׁhanāḥāšThe snake
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
זֹּאתzōʾtThis
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
וּמִכֹּלûmikōlAnd from whole
חַיַּתḥayatAlive
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
עַלʿalAbove
גְּחֹנְךָgəḥōnəḵāExternal abdomen
תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
וְעָפָרwəʿāp̄ārAnd dust
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
חַיֶּיךָḥayeyḵāAlive
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
הַנָּחָשׁhanāḥāšThe snake
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
זֹּאתzōʾtThis
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
וּמִכֹּלûmikōlAnd from whole
חַיַּתḥayatAlive
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
עַלʿalAbove
גְּחֹנְךָgəḥōnəḵāExternal abdomen
תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
וְעָפָרwəʿāp̄ārAnd dust
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
כָּלkālWhole
יְמֵיyəmêDay
חַיֶּיךָḥayeyḵāAlive

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