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AndוַYHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםcalledיִּקְרָאto the manאֶל הָאָדָםand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Where are you?”אַיֶּכָּה
Genesis 3:9
Study it in the app“And YHWH Elohim called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:9, 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- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- to the manאָדָםadam
Adam
Adam, the first man.
Where else “adam” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears
The context
8And they heard the sound of YHWH Elohim walking about in the garden in the wind of the day, and the man and his wife hid from the presence of YHWH Elohim among the trees of the garden.
9 · This verse (above)
10And he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid.”
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)?