Genesis 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 3:514 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יֹדֵעַyōdēʿaKnow
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
אֲכָלְכֶםʾăḵāləḵemEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְנִפְקְחוּwənip̄əqəḥûAnd open
עֵינֵיכֶםʿênêḵemEye
וִהְיִיתֶםwihəyîtemAnd exist
כֵּאלֹהִיםkēʾlōhîmLike God
יֹדְעֵיyōdəʿêKnow
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וָרָעwārāʿAnd bad
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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