Genesis 3:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”

Genesis 3:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1723 words

וּלְאָדָםûləʾādāmAnd to Adam

אָמַרʾāmarSay

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׁמַעְתָּšāmaʿətāHear

לְקוֹלləqwōlTo voice

אִשְׁתֶּךָʾišəteḵāWoman

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

מִןminPart

הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוִּיתִיךָṣiûytîḵāConstitute

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹאכַלtōʾḵalEat

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

אֲרוּרָהʾărûrāhExecrate

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

בַּעֲבוּרֶךָbaʿăvûreḵāIn crossed

בְּעִצָּבוֹןbəʿiṣāvwōnIn worrisomeness

תֹּאכֲלֶנָּהtōʾḵălenāhEat

כֹּלkōlWhole

יְמֵיyəmêDay

חַיֶּיךָḥayeyḵāAlive

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

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