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AndוַYHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםcausedיַּפֵּלa deep sleepתַּרְדֵּמָהto fallיַּפֵּלon the man,עַל הָאָדָםand he slept;וַיִּישָׁןand he tookוַיִּקַּחoneאַחַתof his sidesמִצַּלְעֹתָיוand closed upוַיִּסְגֹּרthe fleshבָּשָׂרin its place.תַּחְתֶּנָּה
Genesis 2:21
Study it in the app“And YHWH Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his sides and closed up the flesh in its place.”
God sees the man is alone and makes someone who fits himDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 2:21, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- causedיַּפֵּלyapel
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “yapel” appears- a deep sleepתַּרְדֵּמָהtardema
deep sleep
A very deep sleep, which in the Bible often comes from God.
Where else “tardema” appears- on the manאָדָםadam
Adam
Adam, the first man.
Where else “adam” appears- and he sleptיִּישָׁןyishan
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yishan” appears- and he tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- of his sidesצַּלְעֹתָיtsalotay
rib
The part of man's side from which God made woman.
Where else “tsalotay” appears- and closed upיִּסְגֹּרyisgor
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “yisgor” appears- the fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears
The context
20And the man gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the sky and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper corresponding to him.
21 · This verse (above)
22And YHWH Elohim built the side that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.
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?