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AndוַYHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםmadeיַּעַשׂfor Adamלְאָדָםand for his wifeוּלְאִשְׁתּוֹgarmentsכָּתְנוֹתof skinעוֹרand clothedוַיַּלְבִּשֵׁthem.ם
Genesis 3:21
Study it in the app“And YHWH Elohim made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin and clothed them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:21, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- for Adamאָדָםadam
Adam
Adam, the first man.
Where else “adam” appears- and for his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- garmentsכָּתְנוֹתkatnot
tunic, robe
Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.
Where else “katnot” appears- of skinעוֹרor
skin, leather
Skin, hide; leather.
Where else “or” appears- and clothedיַּלְבִּשֵׁyalbishe
clothe
To put clothes on someone else, sometimes as an honor or a help.
Where else “yalbishe” appears
The context
20And the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
21 · This verse (above)
22And YHWH Elohim said, “Look, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, so that he does not reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever—”
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)?