Genesis 3 – Line 00060

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PREFACE

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 3:4

• וַיֹּאמֶר הַנָּחָשׁ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה לֹא מוֹת תְּמֻתוּן

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

• vayomer hannachash el-ha’ishah lo mot temutun

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וַיֹּאמֶר

Transliteration: vayomer

Lexical Root: אמר (amar)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, vav-consecutive

Lexical Range

• to say
• to speak
• to declare

WORD 2

Original: הַנָּחָשׁ

Transliteration: hannachash

Lexical Root: נָחָשׁ (nachash)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range

• serpent
• snake
• diviner (in other contexts)

WORD 3

Original: אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה

Transliteration: el-ha’ishah

Lexical Root: אֶל (el) + אִשָּׁה (ishah)

Part of Speech: Preposition + Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular with definite article

Lexical Range

• to the woman
• toward the woman

WORD 4

Original: לֹא

Transliteration: lo

Lexical Root: לֹא (lo)

Part of Speech: Negative particle

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range

• not
• no

WORD 5

Original: מוֹת

Transliteration: mot

Lexical Root: מוּת (mut)

Part of Speech: Infinitive absolute

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range

• dying
• death
• surely die (emphatic construction)

WORD 6

Original: תְּמֻתוּן

Transliteration: temutun

Lexical Root: מוּת (mut)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal, imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural

Lexical Range

• you will die
• you shall die
• you may die

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

• The line is a direct speech clause introduced by “vayomer.”
• “Mot temutun” is an emphatic infinitive absolute + finite verb structure, common in biblical Hebrew for emphasis.
• The phrase “lo mot temutun” represents a negated emphatic verbal construction.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

• No major variant readings in the Leningrad Codex or other Masoretic witnesses.
• LXX renders a close structural equivalent: οὐ θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

• Reuses the same verbal root מוּת (mut) from Genesis 3:3, but now in direct contradiction.
• Emphatic infinitive + imperfect parallels Genesis 2:17 (מוֹת תָּמוּת).

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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This file serves only to display the original structure and lexical range as transparently as possible.