Genesis 2:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

King James Bible
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Hebrew
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

took
וַיִּקַּ֛ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the man
הָֽאָדָ֑ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

and placed him
וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ (way·yan·ni·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

in the Garden
בְגַן־ (ḇə·ḡan-)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden

of Eden
עֵ֔דֶן (‘ê·ḏen)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5731: Eden -- the garden home of Adam and Eve

to cultivate
לְעָבְדָ֖הּ (lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

and keep it.
וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ (ū·lə·šā·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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