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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
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear
אֶתʾet
קוֹלqwōlVoice
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִתְהַלֵּךְmitəhalēḵəWalk
בַּגָּןbagānIn garden
לְרוּחַlərûḥaTo wind
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
וַיִּתְחַבֵּאwayitəḥabēʾAnd secrete
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
וְאִשְׁתּוֹwəʾišətwōAnd woman
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
עֵץʿēṣTree
הַגָּןhagānThe garden
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
קוֹלqwōlVoice
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִתְהַלֵּךְmitəhalēḵəWalk
בַּגָּןbagānIn garden
לְרוּחַlərûḥaTo wind
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
וַיִּתְחַבֵּאwayitəḥabēʾAnd secrete
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
וְאִשְׁתּוֹwəʾišətwōAnd woman
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
עֵץʿēṣTree
הַגָּןhagānThe garden

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