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Genesis 3:14

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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.	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:	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 said^H559 unto the serpent^H5175, Because thou^H859 hast done^H6213 this, thou art cursed^H779 above all cattle^H929, and above every beast^H2416 of the field^H7704; upon thy belly^H1512 shalt thou go^H3212, and dust^H6083 shalt thou eat^H398 all the days^H3117 of thy life^H2416:

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים ׀ אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩	va/i.yo.Mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יְהֹוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱלֹהִ֥ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
אֶֽל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/נָּחָשׁ֮	ha./na.Chash	H5175	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ snake
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
עָשִׂ֣יתָ	'a.Si.ta	H6213	HVqp2ms	you have done
זֹּאת֒	zoT	H2063	HPdxfs	this
אָר֤וּר	'a.Rur	H779	HVqsmsa	(are) cursed
אַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
מִ/כָּל	mi./kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	more than/ all
הַ/בְּהֵמָ֔ה	ha./be.he.Mah	H929	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ livestock
וּ/מִ/כֹּ֖ל	u./mi./Kol	H3605	HC/R/Ncmsc	and/ more than/ every
חַיַּ֣ת	chai.Yat	H2416	HNcfsc	(the) animal of
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
גְּחֹנְ/ךָ֣	ge.cho.ne./Kha	H1512	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	belly/ your
תֵלֵ֔ךְ	te.Lekh	H3212	HVqi2ms	you will go
וְ/עָפָ֥ר	ve./'a.Far	H6083	HC/Ncmsa	and/ dust
תֹּאכַ֖ל	to.Khal	H398	HVqi2ms	you will eat
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
יְמֵ֥י	ye.Mei	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
חַיֶּֽי/ךָ	chai.Yei./kha	H2416	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	life/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H779 — אָרַר (ʼârar, aw-rar'): a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H929 — בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'): from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective); beast, cattle.
• H1512 — גָּחוֹן (gâchôwn, gaw-khone'): probably from גִּיחַlemma גּיחַ missing vowel, corrected to גִּיחַ; (compare גִּיחוֹן); the external abdomen, belly (as the source of the faetus ); belly.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; 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; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; 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); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H5175 — נָחָשׁ (nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'): from נָחַשׁ; a snake (from its hiss); serpent.
• H6083 — עָפָר (ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'): from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• dust — Psalms 72:9, Isaiah 29:4, Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17
• thou art — Genesis 3:1, Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:28-32, Leviticus 20:25

Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:25, Leviticus 11:42, Numbers 21:6, Deuteronomy 32:24, Joshua 9:22

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SATAN-EVIL SPIRITS
• Torrey’s: DEVIL, THE, SERPENTS
• Nave’s: ANIMALS, CURSE, FALL OF MAN, GOD, JUDGMENTS, SATAN, SERPENT, SIN, TEMPTATION, WOMEN

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