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Andוַthe manהָאָדָםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“The womanהָאִשָּׁהwhomאֲשֶׁרyou gaveנָתַתָּהto bewith me,עִמָּדִיsheהִואgaveנָתְנָהmeלִּיfrom the tree,מִן הָעֵץand I ate.”וָאֹכֵל
Genesis 3:12
Study it in the app“And the man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.””
God asks, and each one points to someone else: nobody wants to own what was doneTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:12, 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- “The womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- you gaveנָתַתָּהnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- from the treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and I ateאֹכֵלochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochel” appears
The context
11And he said, “Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 · This verse (above)
13And YHWH Elohim said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, 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)?