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Genesis 2:15 Interlinear

“took And the LORD God the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep”

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Genesis 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּקַּ֛ח	H3947	took	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
2	יְהוָ֥ה	H3068	And the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	H430	God	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
4	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5	הָֽאָדָ֑ם	H120	the man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
6	וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ	H3240	and put him	to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
7	בְגַן	H1588	into the garden	a garden (as fenced)
8	עֵ֔דֶן	H5731	of Eden	eden, the region of adam's home
9	לְעָבְדָ֖הּ	H5647	to dress	to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
10	וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃	H8104	it and to keep	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

Genesis 2:15 (current)took And the LORD God the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep