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 3:15 — Hebrew 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
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