| “And unto Adam” | וּלְאָדָ֣ם | Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine | Adam |
| “he said,” | אָמַ֗ר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Because” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | Because |
| “thou hast hearkened” | שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | hearkened |
| “unto the voice” | לְק֣וֹל | A voice or sound | voice |
| “of thy wife,” | אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ | A woman | wife |
| “and hast eaten” | וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eaten |
| “of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | of |
| “the tree,” | הָעֵ֔ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | tree |
| “of which” | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | of which |
| “I commanded thee,” | צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ | (intensively) to constitute, enjoin | commanded |
| “saying,” | לֵאמֹ֔ר | To say (used with great latitude) | saying |
| “Thou shalt not” | לֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “eat” | תֹאכַ֖ל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “of” | מִמֶּ֑נּוּ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | of |
| “it: cursed” | אֲרוּרָ֤ה | To execrate | cursed |
| “is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “the ground” | הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ | Soil (from its general redness) | ground |
| “for thy sake;” | בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ | Properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that | sake |
| “in sorrow” | בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ | Worrisomeness, i.e., labor or pain | sorrow |
| “shalt thou eat” | תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “of” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “it all” | כֹּ֖ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the days” | יְמֵ֥י | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “of thy life;” | חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ | Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively | life |