Genesis 3:15

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Morover I will put hatred betwene the and the woman and betwene thy seed and hyr seed. And that seed shall tread the on the heed ad thou shalt tread hit on the hele.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵיבָ֣ה ׀ אָשִׁ֗ית בֵּֽינְךָ֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ וּבֵ֣ין זַרְעָ֑הּ ה֚וּא יְשׁוּפְךָ֣ רֹ֔אשׁ וְאַתָּ֖ה תְּשׁוּפֶ֥נּוּ עָקֵֽב׃

Transliteration

And ʾêbāh ʾāšît between you and between the ʾiššāh, and between zarʿăkā and between zarʿāh; he yĕšûp̄ĕkā rōʾš, and you tĕšûp̄ennû ʿāqēb.

Grammar Details

• *ʾêbāh*: noun, feminine, singular - enmity/hostility
• *ʾāšît*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will put/place
• *ʾiššāh*: noun, feminine, singular - woman
• *zarʿăkā*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *zarʿāh*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her seed/offspring
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he
• *yĕšûp̄ĕkā*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will bruise/crush you
• *rōʾš*: noun, masculine, singular - head
• *tĕšûp̄ennû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you will bruise/crush him
• *ʿāqēb*: noun, masculine, singular - heel

Word Meanings

• *ʾêbāh*: enmity/hostility/antagonism
• *zarʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
• *šûp̄*: bruise/crush/strike at

Referenced Verses

• Rom 16:20 : 20 The God of peace treade Satan vnder youre fete shortly. The grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christ be with you.
• 1 John 3:8 : 8 He that comitteth synne is of the devill: for the devyll synneth sence the begynnynge. For this purpose appered the sonne of god to lowse the workes of the devill.
• Rev 12:17 : 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the commaundmentes of god and have the testimony of Iesus Christe. And I stode on the see sonde.
• Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the tyme was full come God sent his sonne borne of a woman and made bonde vnto ye lawe
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Beholde a mayde shall be with chylde and shall brynge forthe a sonne and they shall call his name Emanuel which is by interpretacion God with vs.
• John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of youre father the devyll and the lustes of youre father ye will folowe. He was a murtherer from the beginnynge and aboode not in the trueth because ther is no trueth in him. When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his awne. For he is a lyar and the father therof.
• Luke 1:31-35 : 31 Loo: thou shalt coceave in thy wombe and shalt beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus. 32 He shalbe greate and shalbe called the sonne of the hyest. And ye LORde God shall geve vnto him the seate of his father David 33 and he shall raygne over ye housse of Iacob forever and of his kyngdome shalbe none ende. 34 Then sayd Mary vnto ye angell: How shall this be seinge I knowe not a man? 35 And ye angell answered and sayd vnto her: The holy goost shall come apon the and ye power of ye hyest shall over shaddowe ye. Therfore also yt holy thinge which shalbe borne shalbe called ye sonne of god.
• Rev 12:7-9 : 7 And ther was grett battayll in heven Michael and his angells fowght with the dragon and the dragon fowght and his angelles 8 and prevaylled not: nether was their place founde eny more in heven. 9 And the grett dragon that olde serpent called the devyll and Sathanas was cast out. Which desceaveth all the worlde. And he was cast into the erth and his angelles were cast out also. 10 And I harde a lowde voyce sayinge: in heve is nowe made salvacio and strengthe and ye kyngdome of oure God and the power of his Christ For he is cast doune which accused them before god daye and nyght. 11 And they overcame him by the bloude of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loved not their lyves vnto the deeth. 12 Therfore reioyce hevens and ye that dwell in them. Woo to the inhabiters of the erth and of the see: for ye devyll is come doune vnto you which hath greet wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. 13 And when the dragon sawe that he was caste vnto the erth he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man chylde.
• Acts 13:10 : 10 and sayde: O full of all sutteltie and disseytfulnes the chylde of the devyll and ye enemye of all righteousnes thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes of the Lorde.
• Matt 13:38 : 38 And ye felde is the worlde. And the chyldre of the kingdome they are ye good seed. And the tares are the chyldren of ye wicked.
• Matt 1:25 : 25 and knewe her not tyll she had brought forth hir fyrst sonne and called hys name Iesus.
• Rev 20:10 : 10 and the devyll that desceaved them was cast into a lake of fyre and brymstone where the beest and the falce prophet were and shalbe tormented daye and nyght for ever more.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I sawe an angell come doune from heven havinge the kaye of the bottomlesse pyt and a gret chayne in his honde. 2 And he toke the drago that olde serpet which is the devyll and Satanas and he bounde him a thousand yeares: 3 and cast him into the bottomlesse pit and he bounde him and set a seale on him yt he shuld desceaue the people no moare tyll the.M. yeares were fulfilled. And after yt he muste be loosed for a litell season.
• Rev 13:7 : 7 And it was geven vnto him to make warre with the saynctes and to overcome them. And power was geven him over all kynred tonge and nacion:
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde the devyll shall caste of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall have tribulacion.x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe.
• 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this are the children of god knowen and the children of the devyll. Whosoever doeth not rightewesnes is not of God nether he that loveth not his brother.
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 For as moche then as the children were parte takers of flesshe and bloud he also him silfe lyke wyse toke parte with them for to put doune thorow deth him that had lordshippe over deeth that is to saye the devyll 15 and yt he myght delyver the which thorow feare of deeth were all their lyfetyme in dauger of bondage.
• Heb 2:18 : 18 For in that he him silfe suffered and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Which in the dayes of his flesshe did offer vp prayers and sup plicacions with stronge cryinge and teares vnto him that was able to save him from deeth: and was also hearde because of his godlines.
• 1 John 5:5 : 5 Who is it that overcommeth the worlde: but he which beleveth that Iesus is ye sonne of god?
• Eph 4:8 : 8 Wherfore he sayth: He is gone vp an hye and hath ledde captivitie captive and hath geven gyftes vnto men.
• Col 2:15 : 15 and hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of the openly and hath triumphed over them in his awne persone.
• Mark 16:18 : 18 and shall kyll serpentes. And yf they drinke eny dedly thinge yt shall not hurte the. They shall laye their hondes on ye sicke and they shall recover.
• Rev 15:1-6 : 1 And I sawe another signe in heve grett and mervellous.vii. angells havynge the seven laste plages for in the is fulfylled ye wrath of god. 2 And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and the that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stode on the glassye see havinge ye harpes of god 3 and they songe the songe of Moses the servaunt of god and the songe of the lambe sayinge. Gret and marvellous are thy workes Lorde god almyghty iuste and true are thy wayes kynge of saynctes. 4 Who shall not feare o LORde and gloryfy thy name? For thou only arte holy and all gentylls shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfeste. 5 And after that I loked and beholde ye temple of the tabernacle of testimony was opyn in heven 6 and the seven angelles cam out of the temple which had the seven plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnen and havynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles.
• Rev 20:7-8 : 7 And when the.M. yeares are experied Satan shalbe lowsed out of his preson 8 and shall goo oute to deceave the people which are in the foure quarters of the erth Gog and Magog to gadder them to gedder to batayle whose nombre is as the sonde of the see:
• Gen 49:17 : 17 Dan shalbe a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse heles so yt his ryder shall fall backwarde,
• Num 21:6-7 : 6 Then the Lorde sent fyrie serpentes amoge the people which stonge them: so that moch people dyed in Israel. 7 And the people came to Moses and sayed: we haue synned for we haue spoken agenst the Lorde and agenst the make intercession to the Lorde that he take awaye the serpentes from us And Moses made intercession for the people.
• Matt 4:1-9 : 1 Then was Iesus ledd awaye of ye spirite into wildernes to be tempted of ye devyll. 2 And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred. 3 Then came to hym the tempter and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed. 4 He answered and sayde: yt is wrytten man shall not lyve by brede onlye but by every worde yt proceadeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devyll tooke hym vp into ye holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the teple 6 and sayd vnto hym: yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy sylfe doune. For it is wrytte he shall geve his angels charge over the and with their handes they shall holde yt vp that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. 7 And Iesus sayde to hym it ys wrytten also: Thou shalt not tempte thy Lorde God. 8 The devyll toke hym vp agayne and ledde hym in to an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of ye worlde and all ye glorie of them 9 and sayde to hym: all these will I geue ye if thou wilt faull doune and worship me. 10 Then sayde Iesus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan. For it is writte thou shalt worshyp ye Lorde thy God and hym only shalt thou serve.
• Matt 12:34 : 34 O generacio of viperes how can ye saye well whe ye youre selves are evyll? For of ye aboundace of the hert ye mouthe speaketh.
• Acts 28:3-6 : 3 And when Paul had gaddered a boundle of stickes and put them into the fyre ther came a viper out of the heet and lept on his honde. 4 When the men of the contre sawe the worme hange on his honde they sayde amonge the selves: this man must nedes be a mortherer. Whome (though he have escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyve. 5 But he shouke of the vermen into the fyre and felt no harme. 6 Howbeit they wayted when he shuld have swolne or fallen doune deed sodenly. But after they had loked a greate whyle and sawe no harme come to him they chaunged their myndes and sayde that he was a God.
• John 12:31-33 : 31 Now is the iudgement of this worlde: now shall ye prince of this worlde be cast out. 32 And I yf I were lifte vp from the erthe will drawe all men vnto me. 33 This sayde Iesus signifyinge what deeth he shuld dye.
• John 14:30-31 : 30 Here after will I not talke many mordes vnto you. For the rular of this worlde commeth and hath nought in me. 31 But that the worlde maye knowe that I love the father: therfore as the father gave me comaundment even so do I. Ryse let vs go hence.
• Luke 10:19 : 19 Beholde I geve vnto you power to treade on serpetes and scorpions and over all maner power of the enimye and no thinge shall hurte you.
• Luke 22:39-44 : 39 And he came out and went as he was wote to mounte olivete. And the disciples folowed him. 40 And when he came to the place he sayde to the: praye lest ye fall into temptacio. 41 And he gate him selfe from them about a stones cast and kneled doune and prayed 42 sayinge: Father yf thou wilt withdrawe this cup fro me. Neverthelesse not my will but thyne be be fulfilled. 43 And ther appered an angell vnto him from heaven confortinge him. 44 And he was in an agonye and prayed somwhat longer. And hys sweate was lyke droppes of bloud tricklynge doune to the grounde.
• Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was dayly with you in the teple ye stretched not forth hondes agaynst me. But this is even youre very houre and the power of darcknes.
• Luke 1:76 : 76 And thou chylde shalt be called the Prophet of the hyest: for thou shalt goo before the face of the LORde to prepare his wayes:
• Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tounges they have disceaved: the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes.
• Matt 23:33 : 33 Yee serpentes and generacion of vipers how shuld ye scape ye dapnacio of hell?
• Matt 3:7 : 7 When he sawe many of ye Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto the: O generacio of vipers who hath taught you to fle fro the vengeauce to come?