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And thornsוְקוֹץand thistlesוְדַרְדַּרit will make sproutתַּצְמִיחַfor you,לָךְand you will eatוְאָכַלְתָּthe plantsאֶת עֵשֶׂבof the field.הַשָּׂדֶה
Genesis 3:18
Study it in the app“And thorns and thistles it will make sprout for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:18, word by word
- And thornsקוֹץkots
thorn
Thorn, thornbush.
Where else “kots” appears- and thistlesדַרְדַּרdardar
thistle
Thistle, prickly weed.
Where else “dardar” appears- it will make sproutתַּצְמִיחַtatsmiach
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “tatsmiach” appears- and you will eatאָכַלְתָּachalta
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalta” appears- the plantsעֵשֶׂבesev
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears
The context
17And to Adam he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; with toil you will eat from it all the days of your life.
18 · This verse (above)
19By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.”
To study Genesis 3 in a group
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?