OET interlinear GEN 2:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

וּ⁠מֵ⁠עֵ֗ץ & לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל

and=from=tree & not she/it_ate

Make sure it is clear in your translation that God is not contradicting himself here, but rather he is giving an exception to what he said in verse 16. To make that clear, you could say (starting with the beginning of God’s words in verse 16), “Out of all the trees in the garden, there is only one tree that you must not eat from: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that same day you will certainly die.” Alternate translation: [except you may not eat any fruit from the tree] or [except for one: you may not eat the fruit that grows on the tree]

הַ⁠דַּ֨עַת֙ ט֣וֹב וָ⁠רָ֔ע

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=tree the=knowledge good and=bad/evil not she/it_ate from=him/it that/for/because/then/when in/on=day you(ms)=eat from=him/it to_die you(ms)_will_die )

See how you translated this phrase in verse 2:9. Alternate translation: [whose fruit enables people to discern what is good and what is wrong]

כִּ֗י בְּ⁠י֛וֹם אֲכָלְ⁠ךָ֥ מִמֶּ֖⁠נּוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=tree the=knowledge good and=bad/evil not she/it_ate from=him/it that/for/because/then/when in/on=day you(ms)=eat from=him/it to_die you(ms)_will_die )

Alternate translation: [because on the same day that you eat fruit from that tree] or [If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that same day]

מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת

to_die (Some words not found in UHB: and=from=tree the=knowledge good and=bad/evil not she/it_ate from=him/it that/for/because/then/when in/on=day you(ms)=eat from=him/it to_die you(ms)_will_die )

Alternate translation: [you will certainly die]