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Andוַhe said,יֹּאמֶר“I heardשָׁמַעְתִּיyour voiceאֶת קֹלְךָin the garden,בַּגָּןand I was afraid,וָאִירָאbecauseכִּיIאָנֹכִיamnaked;עֵירֹםand I hid.”וָאֵחָבֵא
Genesis 3:10
Study it in the app“And he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:10, word by word
- he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “I heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamati” appears- your voiceקֹלְkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- in the gardenגָּןgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- and I was afraidאִירָאira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “ira” appears- nakedעֵירֹםerom
naked
Without clothes, exposed and ashamed.
Where else “erom” appears- and I hidאֵחָבֵאechave
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “echave” appears
The context
9And YHWH Elohim called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 · This verse (above)
11And he said, “Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
To study Genesis 3 in a group
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?