Genesis 3:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ מִפְּרִ֥י עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן נֹאכֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And tōʾmer the ʾiššāh to the nāḥāš: From pĕrî ʿēṣ-the gān nōʾkēl.

Grammar Details

• *tōʾmer*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + waw consecutive - and she said
• *ʾiššāh*: noun, feminine, singular - woman
• *nāḥāš*: noun, masculine, singular - serpent
• *pĕrî*: noun, masculine, construct - fruit of
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine, construct - tree of
• *gān*: noun, masculine, singular - garden
• *nōʾkēl*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st plural - we may eat

Word Meanings

• *pĕrî*: fruit/produce/offspring

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the woman sayd vnto the serpent of the frute of the trees in the garden we may eat

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde the woman vnto the serpent: We eate of the frute of the trees in the garden:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:

• World English Bible (2000)

  The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The woman said to the serpent,“We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;

Referenced Verses

• Ps 58:4 : 4 Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.