Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
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ASV
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
KJV
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּמֵעֵ֗ץ | u.me.'Etz | and from [the] tree of | H6086 → |
| הַדַּ֙עַת֙ | ha.Da.'at | the knowledge | H1847 → |
| ט֣וֹב | Tov | good | H2896 → |
| וָרָ֔ע | va.Ra' | and evil | H7451 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תֹאכַ֖ל | to.Khal | you must eat | H398 → |
| מִמֶּ֑נּוּ | mi.Me.nu | from it | H4480 → |
| כִּ֗י | Ki | for | H3588 → |
| בְּי֛וֹם | be.Yom | on [the] day | H3117 → |
| אֲכָלְךָ֥ | 'a.khal.Kha | eating you | H398 → |
| מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mi.Me.nu | from it | H4480 → |
| מ֥וֹת | Mot | certainly <to die> | H4191 → |
| תָּמֽוּת׃ | ta.Mut | you will die | H4191 → |
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