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Genesis 3:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.


Genesis 3:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 3:818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְע֞וּwayišəməʿw
and they heardconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
ק֨וֹלqwōl
the sound ofnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
יְהוָ֧הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהִ֛יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְmitəhalēkə
walking aboutverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בַּ/גָּ֖ןbagān
in the gardenpronH1588
לְ/ר֣וּחַlərwḥa
to the wind ofpronH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
הַ/יּ֑וֹםhaywōm
the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וַ/יִּתְחַבֵּ֨אwayitəḥabēʾ
and he hid himselfconjH2244
held · do secretly
הָֽ/אָדָ֜םhāʾādām
the manparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
וְ/אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹwəʾišətwō
and wife hisconjH802
each · every · female · many ···
מִ/פְּנֵי֙mipənēy
from beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בְּ/ת֖וֹךְbətwōkə
in amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
עֵ֥ץʿēṣ
the trees ofnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
הַ/גָּֽןhagān
the gardenparticleH1588
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Jonas ErikssonNote2mo ago
They Hid Themselves From the Presence of God
After eating the forbidden fruit, Adam and Eve hide from God in the garden. Their first instinct is concealment. They can't face the presence they used to walk with openly. Shame creates hiding, and ...
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