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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
וְאֵיבָהwəʾêvāhAnd hostility
אָשִׁיתʾāšîtPlace
בֵּינְךָbênəḵāBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
זַרְעָהּzarəʿāhSeed
הוּאhûʾHe
יְשׁוּפְךָyəšûp̄əḵāGape
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּtəšûp̄enûGape
עָקֵבʿāqēvHeel
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵיבָהwəʾêvāhAnd hostility
אָשִׁיתʾāšîtPlace
בֵּינְךָbênəḵāBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
זַרְעָהּzarəʿāhSeed
הוּאhûʾHe
יְשׁוּפְךָyəšûp̄əḵāGape
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּtəšûp̄enûGape
עָקֵבʿāqēvHeel

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