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Genesis 3:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.


Genesis 3:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1515 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אֵיבָ֣הwəʾēybāh
and enmityconjH342
hatred
אָשִׁ֗יתʾāšiyt
I will putverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
בֵּֽינְ/ךָ֙bēynəkā
between youpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
וּ/בֵ֣יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔הhāʾišāh
the womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
וּ/בֵ֥יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖zarəʿăkā
offspring yournounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
וּ/בֵ֣יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
זַרְעָ֑/הּzarəʿāh
offspring hernounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
ה֚וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יְשׁוּפְ/ךָ֣yəšwpəkā
he will bruise youverbH7779
bruise · cover
רֹ֔אשׁrōʾš
headnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
וְ/אַתָּ֖הwəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
תְּשׁוּפֶ֥/נּוּtəšwpenw
you will bruise himverbH7779
bruise · cover
עָקֵֽבʿāqēb
heelnounH6119
hoof · last · lier in wait (by mistake for
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Most people read this verse and hear only judgment - the woman's pain in childbearing, the man's labor, the serpent's crawling defeat. But my mentor taught me to listen underneath the language. The H...
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