Genesis 3:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

הֵןhēnLo!

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

הָיָהhāyāhExist

כְּאַחַדkəʾaḥadLike united

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know

טוֹבṭwōvGood

וָרָעwārāʿAnd bad

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time

פֶּןpenRemoval

יִשְׁלַחyišəlaḥSend

יָדוֹyādwōHand

וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take

גַּםgamAssemblage

מֵעֵץmēʿēṣFrom tree

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe alive

וְאָכַלwəʾāḵalAnd eat

וָחַיwāḥayAnd live

לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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