Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
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ASV
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
KJV
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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Commentary
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַנָּחָשׁ֙ | ve.ha.na.Chash | and the snake | H5175 → |
| הָיָ֣ה | ha.Yah | <it> was | H1961 → |
| עָר֔וּם | 'a.Rum | shrewd | H6175 → |
| מִכֹּל֙ | mi.Kol | more than every | H3605 → |
| חַיַּ֣ת | chai.Yat | <the> animal of | H2416 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | 'a.Sah | he had made | H6213 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֑ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה | ha.'i.Shah | the woman | H802 → |
| אַ֚ף | 'af | indeed? | H637 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | did he say | H559 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תֹֽאכְל֔וּ | to.khe.Lu | you must eat | H398 → |
| מִכֹּ֖ל | mi.Kol | from any | H3605 → |
| עֵ֥ץ | 'etz | <the> tree of | H6086 → |
| הַגָּֽן׃ | ha.GAN | the garden | H1588 → |
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