Genesis

Genesis 2:17

¹⁷but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but you must not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
eat	תֹאכַ֖ל	ṯō·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H398 eat
from	מִמֶּ֑נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the tree	וּמֵעֵ֗ץ	ū·mê·‘êṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6086 tree, trees, wood
of the knowledge	הַדַּ֙עַת֙	had·da·‘aṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1847 knowledge
of good	ט֣וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and evil	וָרָ֔ע	wā·rā‘	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
for	כִּ֗י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
in the day	בְּי֛וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
that you eat	אֲכָלְךָ֥	’ă·ḵā·lə·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H398 eat
of it	מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
you will surely die	מ֥וֹת	mō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H4191 die

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.