Genesis 3:5 Go deeper
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (KJV)
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כִּ֚יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 1
יֹדֵ֣עַyo.De.a'[is] knowing
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 2
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 3
כִּ֗יKithat
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 4
בְּיוֹם֙be.yOmon [the] day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 5
אֲכָלְכֶ֣ם'a.khal.Khemeat you
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 6
מִמֶּ֔נּוּmi.Me.nufrom it
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 7
וְנִפְקְח֖וּve.nif.ke.Chuand they will be opened
Lemma: פָּקַח (pa.qach) · Strong's: H6491
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)
Meaning: to open
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 21:19, 2 Kings 4:35, 2 Kings 6:17, 2 Kings 6:20, 2 Kings 19:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6491; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 8
עֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם'ei.nei.Khemeyes your
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 9
וִהְיִיתֶם֙vih.yi.Temand you will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqq2mp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 10
כֵּֽאלֹהִ֔יםke.lo.Himlike God
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 11
יֹדְעֵ֖יyo.de.'Ei[those who] know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 12
ט֥וֹבTov<of> good
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: pleasant
Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 15:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 13
וָרָֽע\׃va.Ra'and evil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34, Genesis 48:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Genesis 3:5 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| knows | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| in the day | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| you eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| of it | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| your eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| will be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| opened | → | פָּקַח H6491 to open |
| and you will be like God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| knowing | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| good | → | טוֹב H2896A pleasant |
| and evil | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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