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Genesis 3:19 — King James Version← Study notes

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.


Genesis 3:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:1917 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/זֵעַ֤תbəzēʿat
by the sweat ofpronH2188
אַפֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ʾapeykā
face yournounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
תֹּ֣אכַלtōʾkal
you will eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
לֶ֔חֶםleḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
עַ֤דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
שֽׁוּבְ/ךָ֙šwbəkā
return youverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔הhāʾădāmāh
the groundparticleH127
earth · ground · husband · land
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִמֶּ֖/נָּהmimenāh
from itpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
לֻקָּ֑חְתָּluqāḥətā
you were takenverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עָפָ֣רʿāpār
are dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
אַ֔תָּהʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
and toconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עָפָ֖רʿāpār
dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
תָּשֽׁוּבtāšwb
you will returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
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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Yuki TanakaNote1mo ago
In the Sweat of Your Face
God tells Adam: by the sweat of your face you will eat bread. The curse includes toil, but it also includes the dignity of labor. You will work, and that work will feed you. My father was proud of hi...
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