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but a mistוְאֵדwould go upיַעֲלֶהfrom the earthמִן הָאָרֶץand waterוְהִשְׁקָהthe wholeאֶת כָּלsurfaceפְּנֵיof the ground.הָאֲדָמָה
Genesis 2:6
Study it in the app“but a mist would go up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.”
God forms the man from the dust of the ground and breathes into him the breath of lifeCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 2:6, word by word
- but a mistאֵדed
mist
Vapor or mist rising from the ground. The word is rare; it occurs only in Genesis 2:6 and Job 36:27.
Where else “ed” appears- would go upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- from the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and waterהִשְׁקָהhishka
water
To water the land.
Where else “hishka” appears- surfaceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears
The context
5Now 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;
6 · This verse (above)
7And YHWH Elohim formed the man from dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
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?