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Andוַthe womanהָאִשָּׁהsaidתֹּאמֶרto the serpent,אֶל הַנָּחָשׁ“From the fruitמִפְּרִיof the treesעֵץof the gardenהַגָּןwe may eat;נֹאכֵל
Genesis 3:2
Study it in the app“And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;”
The serpent sows doubt, and the woman sees the fruit is “a delight to the eyes”Temptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:2, word by word
- the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- to the serpentנָּחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- “From the fruitפְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- of the treesעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- of the gardenגָּןgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- we may eatנֹאכֵלnochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “nochel” appears
The context
1Now the serpent was more shrewd than any animal of the field that YHWH Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, “Did Elohim really say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
2 · This verse (above)
3but from the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden Elohim has said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, or you will die.’”
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)?