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 3:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 3:1917 words
בְּזֵעַתbəzēʿatIn perspiration
אַפֶּיךָʾapeyḵāNose
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
עַדʿadAs far
שׁוּבְךָšûvəḵāTurn
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart
לֻקָּחְתָּluqāḥətāTake
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
תָּשׁוּבtāšûvTurn
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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