Genesis 3:2:5Gen.3.2.W5TAB
עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן
etshagan
“the tree of the garden”
- Transliteration
- ets-ha-GAN
- Extended
- ehts-hah-GAAN
- IPA
- /ʕeːts.hag.ˈgaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tree of the garden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ets-ha-GAN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-pe-RI ets-ha-GAN
- clause
mi-pe-RI ets-ha-GAN no-KHEL
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-ish-SHA el-ha-na-KHASH mi-pe-RI ets-ha-GAN no-KHEL
Exegesis
Within the quotation, mipperi {מִפְּרִי | mip-pə-rî} ‘from the fruit’ links with ets-hagan {עֵץ־הַגָּן | ʿēṣ-hag-gān} ‘tree of the garden’ in a construct chain, integrating product, source, and location.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-y
“tree, wood”
In context — Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 3:2, so the Hebrew word עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן (etshagan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.3.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.2.W5.S1) and character.