Study it in the app“Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for YHWH Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no human being to work the ground;”
God forms the man from the dust of the ground and breathes into him the breath of lifeCreation
Now noוְכֹלshrubשִׂיחַof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהwasיִהְיֶהyetטֶרֶםon the earthבָאָרֶץand noוְכָלplantעֵשֶׂבof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהhad yetטֶרֶםsprouted,יִצְמָחforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםhad notלֹאsent rainהִמְטִירon the earth,עַל הָאָרֶץand there was noוְ אַיִןhuman beingאָדָםto workלַעֲבֹדthe ground;אֶת הָאֲדָמָה
bush, shrub
Bush, wild plant.
Where else “siach” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appearsnot yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsplants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appearssprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “yitsmach” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsrain
Send rain, make it rain.
Where else “himtir” appearsAdam
Adam, the first man.
Where else “adam” appearswork
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avod” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that YHWH Elohim made earth and heavens.
5 · This verse (above)
6but a mist would go up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.
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?
