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Andוַthe manהָאָדָםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“This one,זֹאתat last,הַפַּעַםisboneעֶצֶםof my bonesמֵעֲצָמַיand fleshוּבָשָׂרof my flesh;מִבְּשָׂרִיthis oneלְזֹאתwill be calledיִקָּרֵאWoman,אִשָּׁהbecauseכִּיfrom Manמֵאִישׁthis oneזֹּאתwas taken.”לֻקֳחָה
Genesis 2:23
Study it in the app“And the man said, “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called Woman, because from Man this one was taken.””
God sees the man is alone and makes someone who fits himDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 2:23, word by word
- the manאָדָםadam
Adam
Adam, the first man.
Where else “adam” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- at lastפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- boneעֶצֶםetsem
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “etsem” appears- and fleshבָשָׂרvasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vasar” appears- will be calledיִקָּרֵאyikare
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikare” appears- Womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- from Manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- was takenלֻקֳחָהlukocha
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lukocha” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew “woman” is isha and “man” (male) is ish; the sentence plays on the likeness of the two words.
The context
22And YHWH Elohim built the side that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.
23 · This verse (above)
24That is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
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?