Genesis 3:14
So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
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ASV
And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
KJV
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vai.yo.Mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהֹוָ֨ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| אֶֽל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַנָּחָשׁ֮ | ha.na.Chash | the snake | H5175 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| עָשִׂ֣יתָ | 'a.Si.ta | you have done | H6213 → |
| זֹּאת֒ | zoT | this | H2063 → |
| אָר֤וּר | 'a.Rur | [are] cursed | H779 → |
| אַתָּה֙ | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| מִכָּל־ | mi.kol | more than all | H3605 → |
| הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה | ha.be.he.Mah | <the> livestock | H929 → |
| וּמִכֹּ֖ל | u.mi.Kol | and more than every | H3605 → |
| חַיַּ֣ת | chai.Yat | <the> animal of | H2416 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| גְּחֹנְךָ֣ | ge.cho.ne.Kha | belly your | H1512 → |
| תֵלֵ֔ךְ | te.Lekh | you will go | H1980 → |
| וְעָפָ֥ר | ve.'a.Far | and dust | H6083 → |
| תֹּאכַ֖ל | to.Khal | you will eat | H398 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| יְמֵ֥י | ye.Mei | [the] days of | H3117 → |
| חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ | chai.Yei.kha | life your | H2416 → |
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