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Genesis 3:16

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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.	Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.	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;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Unto the woman^H802 he said^H559, I will greatly^H7235 multiply^H7235 thy sorrow^H6093 and thy conception^H2032; in sorrow^H6089 thou shalt bring forth^H3205 children^H1121; and thy desire^H8669 shall be to thy husband^H376, and he shall rule^H4910 over thee.

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Original Hebrew

אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבֹונֵךְ וְהֵרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּךְ׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֶֽל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הָ/אִשָּׁ֣ה	ha./'i.Shah	H802	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ woman
אָמַ֗ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he said
הַרְבָּ֤ה	har.Bah	H7235	HVha	certainly (to increase)
אַרְבֶּה֙	'ar.Beh	H7235	HVhi1cs	I will increase
עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣/ךְ	i.tze.vo.Ne/kh	H6093	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	pain/ your
וְ/הֵֽרֹנֵ֔/ךְ	ve./he.ro.Ne/kh	H2032	HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs	and/ pregnancy/ your
בְּ/עֶ֖צֶב	be./'E.tzev	H6089	HR/Ncmsa	with/ pain
תֵּֽלְדִ֣י	te.le.Di	H3205	HVqi2fs	you will bear
בָנִ֑ים	va.Nim	H1121	HNcmpa	children
וְ/אֶל	ve./'el-	H413	HC/R	and/ (will be) to
אִישֵׁ/ךְ֙	'i.she/Kh	H376	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	husband/ your
תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔/ךְ	te.Shu.ka.Te/kh	H8669	HNcfsc/Sp2fs	desire/ your
וְ/ה֖וּא	ve./Hu'	H1931	HC/Pp3ms	and/ he
יִמְשָׁל	yim.shol-	H4910	HVqi3ms	he will rule
בָּֽ/ךְ	Ba/kh		HR/Sp2fs	over (the)/ you

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• 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.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2032 — הֵרוֹן (hêrôwn, hay-rone'): or הֵרָיוֹן; from הָרָה; pregnancy; conception.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H4910 — מָשַׁל (mâshal, maw-shal'): a primitive root; to rule; (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
• H6089 — עֶצֶב (ʻetseb, eh'-tseb): from עָצַב; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind); grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
• H6093 — עִצָּבוֹן (ʻitstsâbôwn, its-tsaw-bone'): from עָצַב; worrisomeness, i.e. labor or pain; sorrow, toil.
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
• H8669 — תְּשׁוּקָה (tᵉshûwqâh, tesh-oo-kaw'): from שׁוּק in the original sense of stretching out after; a longing; desire.

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).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Cross References

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

• in sorrow — Genesis 35:16-18, 1 Samuel 4:19-21, Psalms 48:6, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 26:17-18, Isaiah 53:11, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:24, Micah 4:9-10, John 16:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Timothy 2:15
• rule — Numbers 30:7-8, Numbers 30:13, Esther 1:20, 1 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 14:34, Ephesians 5:22-24, Colossians 3:18, 1 Timothy 2:11-12, Titus 2:5, 1 Peter 3:1-6
• thy desire — Genesis 4:7

Reciprocal references (8): Leviticus 12:2, 1 Chronicles 4:9, Esther 1:12, Psalms 78:33, Jeremiah 20:18, Jeremiah 44:19, Daniel 11:37, 1 Corinthians 11:7

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DESIRE, JOY-SORROW, MOTHERHOOD, CARES OF, WOMEN
• Torrey’s: AFFLICTIONS, HUSBANDS, MAN, SIN, TITLES AND NAMES OF THE DEVIL, WIVES, WOMAN
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, BIRTH, CURSE, EVE, FALL OF MAN, FAMILY, GOD, JUDGMENTS, SIN, TEMPTATION, WICKED (PEOPLE), WIFE, WOMEN

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