17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 3:17:1 ⧉וּלְאָדָ֣םuleadamand to Adam Genesis 3:17:2 ⧉אָמַ֗רamarHe said Genesis 3:17:3 ⧉כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ֮kishamatabecause you listened Genesis 3:17:4 ⧉לְק֣וֹלlekolto the voice of Genesis 3:17:5 ⧉אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ishtekhayour wife Genesis 3:17:6 ⧉וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙vatokhal{And} you ate Genesis 3:17:7 ⧉מִן־הָעֵ֔ץminhaetsfrom the tree Genesis 3:17:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwhich Genesis 3:17:9 ⧉צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙tsivitikhaI commanded you Genesis 3:17:10 ⧉לֵאמֹ֔רlemorsaying Genesis 3:17:11 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot Genesis 3:17:12 ⧉תֹאכַ֖לtokhaleat Genesis 3:17:13 ⧉מִמֶּ֑נּוּmimennufrom it Genesis 3:17:14 ⧉אֲרוּרָ֤הaruracursed is Genesis 3:17:15 ⧉הָֽאֲדָמָה֙haadamathe ground Genesis 3:17:16 ⧉בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָbaavurekhabecause of you Genesis 3:17:17 ⧉בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙beitsavonin pain Genesis 3:17:18 ⧉תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּהtokhalennayou shall eat it Genesis 3:17:19 ⧉כֹּ֖לkolall the Genesis 3:17:20 ⧉יְמֵ֥יyemedays of Genesis 3:17:21 ⧉חַיֶּֽיךָ׃khaiyekhayour life |
17. Formal Translation And to Adam He said, “Since you heeded your wife’s voice and ate from the tree that I {Elohim, Righteous Judge} commanded, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it,’ the ground is cursed on your account; by painful toil you will eat from it all the days of your life.” |
17. Dynamic Translation Then He said to Adam, “Because you followed your wife’s counsel and ate from the tree I {Elohim, Disciplining Provider} had forbidden, the ground is cursed on your account. You will gather food from it through exhausting labor all the days of your life.” |