Genesis 3 – Line 00070

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[LINE ID]: 00070

[BOOK]: Genesis

[CHAPTER]: 3

[VERSE]: 14

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INTRO

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PREFACE

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 3:14

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

vayomer YHWH Elohim el-hannachash ki asita zot arur attah mikol-habehemah umikkol chayat hasadeh al-gehonkha telekh ve’afar tokhal kol-yemei chayyekha

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

he said
he declared
he uttered

WORD 2

Original: יְהוָה

Transliteration: YHWH

Lexical Root: היה (hayah) — presumed

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: Tetragrammaton

Lexical Range

personal divine name

WORD 3

Original: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: Elohim

Lexical Root: אלה (eloah)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Plural in form, singular in usage

Lexical Range

God
gods
divine beings
rulers

WORD 4

Original: אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ

Transliteration: el-hannachash

Lexical Root: נָחָשׁ (nachash)

Part of Speech: Preposition + Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range

to the serpent
to the snake

WORD 5

Original: כִּי

Transliteration: ki

Lexical Root: כִּי (ki)

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range

because
for
that

WORD 6

Original: עָשִׂיתָ

Transliteration: asita

Lexical Root: עשה (asah)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal, perfect, 2nd person masculine singular

Lexical Range

you did
you made
you performed

WORD 7

Original: זֹּאת

Transliteration: zot

Lexical Root: זֹּאת (zot)

Part of Speech: Demonstrative pronoun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range

this
this thing

WORD 8

Original: אָרוּר

Transliteration: arur

Lexical Root: ארר (arar)

Part of Speech: Adjective (passive participle)

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range

cursed
declared cursed
banned

WORD 9

Original: אַתָּה

Transliteration: attah

Lexical Root: אַתָּה (attah)

Part of Speech: Pronoun

Grammatical Info: 2nd person masculine singular

Lexical Range

you
yourself

WORD 10

Original: מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה

Transliteration: mikol-habehemah

Lexical Root: מִן (min) + בהמה (behemah)

Part of Speech: Preposition + Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular with definite article

Lexical Range

from all the cattle
from among all beasts
from all domesticated animals

WORD 11

Original: וּמִכֹּל

Transliteration: umikkol

Lexical Root: ו (vav) + מִן (min) + כל (kol)

Part of Speech: Conjunction + Preposition + Noun

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range

and from all

WORD 12

Original: חַיַּת

Transliteration: chayat

Lexical Root: חיה (chayah)

Part of Speech: Noun (construct form)

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range

life of
living creature of
animal of

WORD 13

Original: הַשָּׂדֶה

Transliteration: hasadeh

Lexical Root: שדה (sadeh)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range

the field
the open country
cultivated ground

WORD 14

Original: עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ

Transliteration: al-gehonkha

Lexical Root: גָּחוֹן (gachon)

Part of Speech: Preposition + Noun + Pronoun suffix

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix

Lexical Range

on your belly
on your body underside

WORD 15

Original: תֵלֵךְ

Transliteration: telekh

Lexical Root: הלך (halakh)

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Lexical Range

you shall go
you shall walk
you shall move

WORD 16

Original: וְעָפָר

Transliteration: ve’afar

Lexical Root: עָפָר (afar)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range

dust
dry earth
soil

WORD 17

Original: תֹּאכַל

Transliteration: tokhal

Lexical Root: אכל (akal)

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Lexical Range

you shall eat
you shall consume

WORD 18

Original: כָּל־יְמֵי

Transliteration: kol-yemei

Lexical Root: כל (kol) + יום (yom)

Part of Speech: Noun construct

Grammatical Info: Plural construct form

Lexical Range

all the days of
the entirety of time-periods of

WORD 19

Original: חַיֶּיךָ

Transliteration: chayyekha

Lexical Root: חַיִּים (chayim)

Part of Speech: Noun + Pronoun suffix

Grammatical Info: Masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix

Lexical Range

your life
your lifetime
your living existence

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

“Arur attah” is a formal curse formula.
Use of prepositions “mikol” and “umikkol” sets comparative scope of curse among animal categories.
Verbs “telekh” and “tokhal” mark future condition or destiny of the serpent.
Final clause “kol-yemei chayyekha” functions temporally: full duration of life.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

No significant deviations noted in MT or LXX. LXX aligns in curse structure and semantic detail.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

First divine declaration of consequence after questioning cycle (Genesis 3:9–13).
Introduces thematic arc of curse, bodily degradation, and dust — echoed in 3:19.

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

The content above does not represent a translation.

No conclusions, smoothing, or interpretive decisions have been made.

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

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