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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
בְּזֵעַתbəzēʿatIn perspiration
אַפֶּיךָʾapeyḵāNose
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
עַדʿadAs far
שׁוּבְךָšûvəḵāTurn
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
כִּיRelative conjunction
מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart
לֻקָּחְתָּluqāḥətāTake
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
תָּשׁוּבtāšûvTurn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בְּזֵעַתbəzēʿatIn perspiration
אַפֶּיךָʾapeyḵāNose
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
עַדʿadAs far
שׁוּבְךָšûvəḵāTurn
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
כִּיRelative conjunction
מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart
לֻקָּחְתָּluqāḥətāTake
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
תָּשׁוּבtāšûvTurn

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