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Genesis 3:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.


Genesis 3:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:2011 words
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
חַוָּהḥaûhEve
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִואhiwʾHe
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
אֵםʾēmMother
כָּלkālWhole
חָיḥāyAlive
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
חַוָּהḥaûhEve
כִּיRelative conjunction
הִואhiwʾHe
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
אֵםʾēmMother
כָּלkālWhole
חָיḥāyAlive

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