Genesis 3:17
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
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ASV
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
KJV
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְאָדָ֣ם | ul.'a.Dam | and to Adam | H121 → |
| אָמַ֗ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ | sha.ma'.Ta | you listened | H8085 → |
| לְק֣וֹל | le.Kol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → |
| אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ | 'ish.te.Kha | wife your | H802 → |
| וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ | va.To.khal | and you ate | H398 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הָעֵ֔ץ | ha.'Etz | the tree | H6086 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ | tzi.vi.Ti.kha | I commanded you | H6680 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תֹאכַ֖ל | to.Khal | you must eat | H398 → |
| מִמֶּ֑נּוּ | mi.Me.nu | from it | H4480 → |
| אֲרוּרָ֤ה | 'a.ru.Rah | [is] cursed | H779 → |
| הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ | ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
| בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ | ba.'a.vu.Re.kha | for sake of you | H5668 → |
| בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ | be.'i.tza.Von | in pain | H6093 → |
| תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה | to.kha.Le.nah | you will eat it | H398 → |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → |
| יְמֵ֥י | ye.Mei | [the] days of | H3117 → |
| חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ | chai.Yei.kha | life your | H2416 → |
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