KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָ֧ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֛ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “said” | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto the woman,” | לָאִשָּׁ֖ה | A woman | woman |
| “What” | מַה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | What |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “this” | זֹּ֣את | This (often used adverb) | this |
| “that” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “thou hast done?” | עָשִׂ֑ית | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | done |
| “And the woman” | הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה | A woman | woman |
| “said,” | וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “The serpent” | הַנָּחָ֥שׁ | A snake (from its hiss) | serpent |
| “beguiled me,” | הִשִּׁיאַ֖נִי | To lead astray, i.e., (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce | beguiled |
| “and I did eat.” | וָאֹכֵֽל׃ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | did eat |
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11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 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:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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