Gen. 2:16–17 16וַיְצַו֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הָֽאָדָ֖ם מִכֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן 17וּמֵעֵ֗ץ הַדַּ֙עַת֙ ט֣וֹב וָרָ֔ע לֹ֥א מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃ ‘And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may surely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not ever eat, for in the day of your eating from it you shall surely die.” ’ I. DEFINITION: The I—ʾāleph verb forms contain an ʾāleph as the