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Andוְa riverנָהָרּwent outיֹצֵאfrom Edenמֵעֵדֶןto waterלְהַשְׁקוֹתthe garden,אֶת הַגָּןand from thereוּמִשָּׁםit dividedיִפָּרֵדand becameוְהָיָהfourלְאַרְבָּעָהbranches.רָאשִׁים
Genesis 2:10
Study it in the app“And a river went out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four branches.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 2:10, word by word
- a riverנָהָרּnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- went outיֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- from Edenעֵדֶןeden
Eden
Eden, the name of the region where God planted the garden. In Hebrew the word sounds just like "delight".
Where else “eden” appears- to waterהַשְׁקוֹתhashkot
water
To water the land.
Where else “hashkot” appears- the gardenגָּןgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- it dividedיִפָּרֵדyipared
separate
To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.
Where else “yipared” appears- and becameהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- branchesרָאשִׁיםrashim
beginning
Literally "the head": the first moment of something.
Where else “rashim” appears
The context
9And YHWH Elohim made every tree sprout from the ground that is pleasing to the sight and good for food, and the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 · This verse (above)
11The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
To study Genesis 2 in a group
1. What it says
How did YHWH Elohim form the man, and what did he give him so that he became a living being (v. 7)?
2. What it means
Why does YHWH Elohim say it is not good for the man to be alone (v. 18)?
3. How I live it
What friendship or relationship can you care for this week so you do not walk alone?