“And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Genesis 3:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 3:2222 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הֵ֤ןhēn
here!particleH2005
if · lo · though
הָֽ/אָדָם֙hāʾādām
the manparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
הָיָה֙hāyāh
he has becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/אַחַ֣דkəʾaḥad
like onepronH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw
of uspronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
לָ/דַ֖עַתlādaʿat
by knowingpronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וָ/רָ֑עwārāʿ
and evilconjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/עַתָּ֣הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יִשְׁלַ֣חyišəlaḥ
he should stretch outverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
יָד֗/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/לָקַח֙wəlāqaḥ
and he will takeconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
גַּ֚םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
מֵ/עֵ֣ץmēʿēṣ
from the tree ofpronH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
הַֽ/חַיִּ֔יםhaḥayiym
lifeparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וְ/אָכַ֖לwəʾākal
and he will eatconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וָ/חַ֥יwāḥay
liveconjH2425
save life
לְ/עֹלָֽםləʿōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
ℹWords 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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