Genesis 3:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

Genesis 3:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:2418 words

וַיְגָרֶשׁwayəgārešAnd drive out

אֶתʾet—

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

וַיַּשְׁכֵּןwayašəkēnAnd reside

מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front

לְגַןləganTo garden

עֵדֶןʿēdenEden

אֶתʾet—

הַכְּרֻבִיםhakəruvîmThe cherub

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

לַהַטlahaṭBlaze

הַחֶרֶבhaḥerevThe drought

הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶתhamitəhapeḵetThe turn

לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge

אֶתʾet—

דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad

עֵץʿēṣTree

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe alive

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְגָרֶשׁwayəgārešAnd drive out

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

וַיַּשְׁכֵּןwayašəkēnAnd reside

מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front

לְגַןləganTo garden

עֵדֶןʿēdenEden

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכְּרֻבִיםhakəruvîmThe cherub

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

לַהַטlahaṭBlaze

הַחֶרֶבhaḥerevThe drought

הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶתhamitəhapeḵetThe turn

לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad

עֵץʿēṣTree

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe alive

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