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Andוַhe said,יֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיtoldהִגִּידyouלְךָthatכִּיyouאָתָּהarenaked?עֵירֹםHave you eatenהֲ אָכָלְתָּfrom the treeמִן הָעֵץthatאֲשֶׁרI commandedצִוִּיתִיyouךָnotלְבִלְתִּיto eatאֲכָלfrom?”מִמֶּנּוּ
Genesis 3:11
Study it in the app“And he said, “Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?””
God asks, and each one points to someone else: nobody wants to own what was doneTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:11, 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- toldהִגִּידhigid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higid” appears- nakedעֵירֹםerom
naked
Without clothes, exposed and ashamed.
Where else “erom” appears- Have you eatenאָכָלְתָּachalta
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalta” appears- from the treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- I commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears
The context
10And he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And the man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”
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)?