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Genesis 3:17

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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;	Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And unto Adam^H121 he said^H559, Because thou hast hearkened^H8085 unto the voice^H6963 of thy wife^H802, and hast eaten^H398 of the tree^H6086, of which^H834 I commanded thee^H6680, saying^H559, Thou shalt not eat^H398 of it: cursed^H779 is the ground^H127 for thy sake; in sorrow^H6093 shalt thou eat^H398 of it all^H3605 the days^H3117 of thy life^H2416;

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Original Hebrew

וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקֹול אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבֹון תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/לְ/אָדָ֣ם	u/l./'a.Dam	H121	HC/R/Np	and/ to/ Adam
אָמַ֗ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he said
כִּֽי	kîy	H3588	HC
שָׁמַעְתָּ֮	sha.ma'.Ta	H8085	HVqp2ms	you listened
לְ/ק֣וֹל	le./Kol	H6963	HR/Ncmsc	to/ (the) voice of
אִשְׁתֶּ/ךָ֒	'ish.te./Kha	H802	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	wife/ your
וַ/תֹּ֨אכַל֙	va./To.khal	H398	HC/Vqw2ms	and/ you ate
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הָ/עֵ֔ץ	ha./'Etz	H6086	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ tree
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
צִוִּיתִ֨י/ךָ֙	tzi.vi.Ti./kha	H6680	HVpp1cs/Sp2ms	I commanded/ you
לֵ/אמֹ֔ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תֹאכַ֖ל	to.Khal	H398	HVqi2ms	you must eat
מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ	mi.Me./nu	H4480	HR/Sp1cp	from/ it
אֲרוּרָ֤ה	'a.ru.Rah	H779	HVqsfsa	(is) cursed
הָֽ/אֲדָמָה֙	ha./'a.da.Mah	H127	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ ground
בַּֽ/עֲבוּרֶ֔/ךָ	ba./'a.vu.Re./kha	H5668	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	for/ sake of/ you
בְּ/עִצָּבוֹן֙	be./'i.tza.Von	H6093	HR/Ncmsa	in/ pain
תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔/נָּה	to.kha.Le./nah	H398	HVqi2ms/Sp3fs	you will eat/ it
כֹּ֖ל	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

• H121 — אָדָם (ʼÂdâm, aw-dawm'): the same as אָדָם; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine; Adam.
• H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6093 — עִצָּבוֹן (ʻitstsâbôwn, its-tsaw-bone'): from עָצַב; worrisomeness, i.e. labor or pain; sorrow, toil.
• H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
• H6963 — קוֹל (qôwl, kole): or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

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

• 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.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5668 — עָבוּר (ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'): or עָבֻר; passive participle of עָבַר; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that; because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

Cross References

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

• and hast — Genesis 2:16-17, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:11, Jeremiah 7:23-24
• Because — 1 Samuel 15:23-24, Matthew 22:12, Matthew 25:26-27, Matthew 25:45, Luke 19:22, Romans 3:19
• cursed — Genesis 5:29, Psalms 127:2, Ecclesiastes 1:2-3, Ecclesiastes 1:13-14, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Isaiah 24:5-6, Romans 8:20-22
• in sorrow — Job 5:6-7, Job 14:1, Job 21:17, Psalms 90:7-9, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23, Ecclesiastes 5:17, John 16:33

Reciprocal references (20): Genesis 4:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 16:2, Deuteronomy 28:16, 1 Samuel 15:3, Job 2:10, Job 31:40, Proverbs 24:31, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ecclesiastes 5:9, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Jeremiah 44:19, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 16:23, Mark 4:7, Acts 5:29, 1 Corinthians 15:56, Hebrews 6:8, James 1:15

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ADAM, AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE, CURSE, DIVINE, PALLIATION-DENUNCIATION OF SIN
• Torrey’s: AFFLICTIONS, AGRICULTURE OR HUSBANDRY, LIFE, NATURAL, MAN, SIN
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, CURSE, EARTH, FALL OF MAN, GOD, GROUND, JUDGMENTS, SIN, TEMPTATION, TREE, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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