Genesis 3:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

Genesis 3:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1616 words

אֶלʾelNear

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אָמַרʾāmarSay

הַרְבָּהharəbāhIncrease

אַרְבֶּהʾarəbehIncrease

עִצְּבוֹנֵךְʿiṣəvwōnēḵəWorrisomeness

וְהֵרֹנֵךְwəhērōnēḵəAnd pregnancy

בְּעֶצֶבbəʿeṣevIn earthen vessel

תֵּלְדִיtēlədîBear young

בָנִיםvānîmSon

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

אִישֵׁךְʾîšēḵəMan

תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְtəšûqātēḵəLonging

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

יִמְשָׁלyiməšālRule

בָּךְbāḵəIn

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

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