Study it in the app“And 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.”
The serpent sows doubt, and the woman sees the fruit is “a delight to the eyes”Temptation
Andוַthe womanהָאִשָּׁהsawתֵּרֶאthatכִּיthe treeהָעֵץwasgoodטוֹבfor food,לְמַאֲכָלand thatוְכִיitהוּאwasa delightתַאֲוָהto the eyes,לָעֵינַיִםandוְthatthe treeהָעֵץwasdesirableנֶחְמָדfor gaining insight;לְהַשְׂכִּילand she tookוַתִּקַּחof its fruitמִפִּרְיוֹand ate,וַתֹּאכַלand she gaveוַתִּתֵּןalsoגַּםto her husbandלְאִישָׁהּwith her,עִמָּהּand he ate.וַיֹּאכַל
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “tere” appearstree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsfood
Food.
Where else “maachal” appearsdelight
Something pleasant that attracts.
Where else “taava” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appearsprecious
What is desirable, valuable.
Where else “nechmad” appearsact wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskil” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearsfruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “piry” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears5for 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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed together fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.
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)?
