Genesis 3:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”

Genesis 3:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:2311 words

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּwayəšaləḥēhûAnd send

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

מִגַּןmiganFrom garden

עֵדֶןʿēdenEden

לַעֲבֹדlaʿăvōdTo work

אֶתʾet—

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֻקַּחluqaḥTake

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּwayəšaləḥēhûAnd send

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

מִגַּןmiganFrom garden

עֵדֶןʿēdenEden

לַעֲבֹדlaʿăvōdTo work

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֻקַּחluqaḥTake

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

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