Genesis 3:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Genesis 3:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 3:621 words
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
טוֹבṭwōvGood
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
לְמַאֲכָלləmaʾăḵālTo eatable
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
תַאֲוָהtaʾăwāhLonging
הוּאhûʾHe
לָעֵינַיִםlāʿênayimTo eye
וְנֶחְמָדwəneḥəmādAnd delight in
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
לְהַשְׂכִּילləhaśəkîlTo be
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
מִפִּרְיוֹmipirəywōFrom fruit
וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat
וַתִּתֵּןwatitēnAnd give
גַּםgamAssemblage
לְאִישָׁהּləʾîšāhTo man
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
וַיֹּאכַלwayōʾḵalAnd eat
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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