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forכִּיElohimאֱלֹהִיםknowsיֹדֵעַthatכִּיin the dayבְּיוֹםyou eatאֲכָלְכֶםfrom itמִמֶּנּוּyour eyesעֵינֵיכֶםwill be opened,וְנִפְקְחוּand you will beוִהְיִיתֶםlike Elohim,כֵּאלֹהִיםknowingיֹדְעֵיgoodטוֹבand evil.”וָרָע
Genesis 3:5
Study it in the app“for Elohim knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.””
The serpent sows doubt, and the woman sees the fruit is “a delight to the eyes”Temptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:5, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- knowsיֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- you eatאֲכָלְachal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achal” appears- your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- will be openedנִפְקְחוּnifkchu
open (the eyes)
Open (the eyes or the ears); from there, become aware.
Where else “nifkchu” appears- and you will beהְיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- goodטוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- and evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears
The context
4And the serpent said to the woman, “You will certainly not die;
5 · This verse (above)
6And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for gaining insight; and she took of its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he 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)?