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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 3:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:514 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יֹדֵעַyōdēʿaKnow
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
אֲכָלְכֶםʾăḵāləḵemEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְנִפְקְחוּwənip̄əqəḥûAnd open
עֵינֵיכֶםʿênêḵemEye
וִהְיִיתֶםwihəyîtemAnd exist
כֵּאלֹהִיםkēʾlōhîmLike God
יֹדְעֵיyōdəʿêKnow
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וָרָעwārāʿAnd bad
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יֹדֵעַyōdēʿaKnow
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
אֲכָלְכֶםʾăḵāləḵemEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְנִפְקְחוּwənip̄əqəḥûAnd open
עֵינֵיכֶםʿênêḵemEye
וִהְיִיתֶםwihəyîtemAnd exist
כֵּאלֹהִיםkēʾlōhîmLike God
יֹדְעֵיyōdəʿêKnow
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וָרָעwārāʿAnd bad

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