KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.”
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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 they heard” | וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּ | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | heard |
| “the voice” | ק֨וֹל | A voice or sound | voice |
| “of 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 |
| “walking” | מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | walking |
| “in the garden” | בַּגָּ֖ן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “in the cool” | לְר֣וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | cool |
| “of the day:” | הַיּ֑וֹם | 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) | day |
| “and Adam” | הָֽאָדָ֜ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | Adam |
| “and his wife” | וְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ | A woman | wife |
| “hid themselves” | וַיִּתְחַבֵּ֨א | To secrete | hid themselves |
| “from the presence” | מִפְּנֵי֙ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | presence |
| “of the Lord” | יְהוָ֣ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | 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 |
| “amongst” | בְּת֖וֹךְ | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | amongst |
| “the trees” | עֵ֥ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | trees |
| “of the garden.” | הַגָּֽן׃ | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
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6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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