{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.1", "source": "וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם׃", "text": "*wə-yəḵullû* the *haššāmayim* and-the-*hāʾāreṣ* and-all-*ṣəḇāʾām*", "grammar": { "*wə-yəḵullû*": "waw consecutive + Pual imperfect, 3rd plural - and they were completed/finished", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the heavens", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the earth", "*ṣəḇāʾām*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person plural possessive suffix - their host/array" }, "variants": { "*yəḵullû*": "were completed/were finished/were concluded", "*ṣəḇāʾām*": "their hosts/their array/their multitude/their heavenly bodies" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.2", "source": "וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃", "text": "*wə-yəḵal ʾĕlōhîm* in-the-*yôm haššəḇîʿî məlaʾḵtô* which *ʿāśāh* and-*wayyišbōṯ* in-the-*yôm haššəḇîʿî* from-all-*məlaʾḵtô* which *ʿāśāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-yəḵal*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he completed/finished", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine, singular - day", "*haššəḇîʿî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the seventh", "*məlaʾḵtô*": "noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his work", "*ʿāśāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he made/did", "*wayyišbōṯ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he rested/ceased" }, "variants": { "*yəḵal*": "completed/finished/ended", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine beings", "*məlaʾḵtô*": "his work/his labor/his business/his occupation", "*ʿāśāh*": "made/did/accomplished/produced", "*wayyišbōṯ*": "rested/ceased/desisted/stopped" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.3", "source": "וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פ", "text": "*wə-yəḇāreḵ ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-yôm haššəḇîʿî wə-yəqaddēš ʾōṯô kî ḇô šāḇaṯ* from-all-*məlaʾḵtô* which-*bārāʾ ʾĕlōhîm laʿăśôṯ*", "grammar": { "*wə-yəḇāreḵ*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he blessed", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine, singular - day", "*haššəḇîʿî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the seventh", "*wə-yəqaddēš*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he sanctified/made holy", "*ʾōṯô*": "direct object marker + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it/him", "*kî*": "conjunction - because/for", "*ḇô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in it", "*šāḇaṯ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he rested/ceased", "*məlaʾḵtô*": "noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his work", "*bārāʾ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he created", "*laʿăśôṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to make/to do" }, "variants": { "*yəḇāreḵ*": "blessed/commended/favored", "*yəqaddēš*": "sanctified/made holy/consecrated/set apart", "*šāḇaṯ*": "rested/ceased/desisted", "*bārāʾ*": "created/brought into existence", "*laʿăśôṯ*": "to make/to do/to perform/to accomplish" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.4", "source": "אֵ֣לֶּה תוֹלְד֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם עֲשׂ֛וֹת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃", "text": "*ʾēlleh ṯôləḏôṯ haššāmayim wə-hāʾāreṣ bəhibbārəʾām bəyôm ʿăśôṯ YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾereṣ wə-šāmāyim*", "grammar": { "*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - these", "*ṯôləḏôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - generations/accounts/history of", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the heavens", "*wə-hāʾāreṣ*": "conjunction + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - and the earth", "*bəhibbārəʾām*": "preposition + Niphal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their being created", "*bəyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in day of", "*ʿăśôṯ*": "Qal infinitive construct - making/doing", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*wə-šāmāyim*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, plural - and heavens" }, "variants": { "*ṯôləḏôṯ*": "generations/history/account/genealogy", "*bəhibbārəʾām*": "when they were created/in their creation", "*ʿăśôṯ*": "making/doing/producing/fashioning", "*YHWH*": "Yahweh/LORD/the Eternal", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine beings" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.5", "source": "וְכֹ֣ל ׀ שִׂ֣יחַ הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה טֶ֚רֶם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֔רֶץ וְכָל־עֵ֥שֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה טֶ֣רֶם יִצְמָ֑ח כִּי֩ לֹ֨א הִמְטִ֜יר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאָדָ֣ם אַ֔יִן לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־הֽ͏ָאֲדָמָֽה׃", "text": "And-all *śîaḥ haśśāḏeh ṭerem yihyeh ḇāʾāreṣ* and-all-*ʿēśeḇ haśśāḏeh ṭerem yiṣmāḥ kî lōʾ himṭîr YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʿal-hāʾāreṣ wə-ʾāḏām ʾayin laʿăḇōḏ ʾeṯ-hāʾăḏāmāh*", "grammar": { "*śîaḥ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - bush/shrub of", "*haśśāḏeh*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the field", "*ṭerem*": "adverb - not yet/before", "*yihyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it will be", "*ḇāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - in the earth", "*ʿēśeḇ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - plant/herb of", "*yiṣmāḥ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it will sprout/grow", "*kî*": "conjunction - because/for", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*himṭîr*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he had caused to rain", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʿal-hāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - upon the earth", "*wə-ʾāḏām*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and man/human", "*ʾayin*": "adverb of negation - there was not", "*laʿăḇōḏ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to work/till", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the ground" }, "variants": { "*śîaḥ*": "bush/shrub/plant", "*haśśāḏeh*": "the field/the open country", "*ṭerem*": "not yet/before", "*yihyeh*": "would be/will be/was", "*ʿēśeḇ*": "herb/plant/vegetation", "*yiṣmāḥ*": "would sprout/would grow/will sprout", "*himṭîr*": "had caused to rain/sent rain", "*ʾāḏām*": "man/human/mankind/Adam", "*laʿăḇōḏ*": "to work/to till/to cultivate", "*hāʾăḏāmāh*": "the ground/the soil/the earth" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.6", "source": "וְאֵ֖ד יַֽעֲלֶ֣ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה אֶֽת־כָּל־פְּנֵֽי־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃", "text": "And-*ʾēḏ yaʿăleh min-hāʾāreṣ wə-hišqāh ʾeṯ-kol-pənê-hāʾăḏāmāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾēḏ*": "noun, masculine, singular - mist/stream", "*yaʿăleh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it would go up/arise", "*min-hāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the earth", "*wə-hišqāh*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and it watered", "*ʾeṯ-kol-pənê-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, plural construct + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - all the face of the ground" }, "variants": { "*ʾēḏ*": "mist/stream/spring/flow", "*yaʿăleh*": "went up/would rise/was going up", "*hišqāh*": "watered/irrigated/gave drink to", "*pənê*": "face of/surface of" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.7", "source": "וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃", "text": "*wayyîṣer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām ʿāp̄ār min-hāʾăḏāmāh wayyippaḥ bəʾappāyw nišmaṯ ḥayyîm wayəhî hāʾāḏām lənep̄eš ḥayyāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyîṣer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he formed", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular - dust", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*wayyippaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he breathed", "*bəʾappāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - into his nostrils", "*nišmaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - breath of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - life", "*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he became", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*lənep̄eš*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular construct - to/for a being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - living" }, "variants": { "*wayyîṣer*": "formed/fashioned/shaped", "*hāʾāḏām*": "the man/the human/Adam", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/soil/earth/clay", "*hāʾăḏāmāh*": "the ground/the soil/the earth", "*wayyippaḥ*": "breathed/blew", "*bəʾappāyw*": "in his nostrils/in his nose", "*nišmaṯ ḥayyîm*": "breath of life/living breath", "*nep̄eš ḥayyāh*": "living being/living creature/living soul" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.8", "source": "וַיִּטַּ֞ע יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים גַּן־בְּעֵ֖דֶן מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיָּ֣שֶׂם שָׁ֔ם אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר׃", "text": "*wayyiṭṭaʿ YHWH ʾĕlōhîm gan-bəʿēḏen miqqeḏem wayyāśem šām ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām ʾăšer yāṣār*", "grammar": { "*wayyiṭṭaʿ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he planted", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*gan*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - garden of", "*bəʿēḏen*": "preposition + proper noun - in Eden", "*miqqeḏem*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from the east/in the east", "*wayyāśem*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he put", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom", "*yāṣār*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he had formed" }, "variants": { "*wayyiṭṭaʿ*": "planted/established", "*gan*": "garden/orchard/enclosure", "*ʿēḏen*": "Eden/delight/pleasure", "*miqqeḏem*": "in the east/eastward/from ancient times", "*wayyāśem*": "put/placed/set", "*yāṣār*": "had formed/had shaped/had fashioned" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.9", "source": "וַיַּצְמַ֞ח יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע׃", "text": "*wayyaṣmaḥ YHWH ʾĕlōhîm min-hāʾăḏāmāh kol-ʿēṣ neḥmāḏ ləmarʾeh wə-ṭôḇ ləmaʾăḵāl wə-ʿēṣ haḥayyîm bəṯôḵ haggan wə-ʿēṣ haddaʿaṯ ṭôḇ wārāʿ*", "grammar": { "*wayyaṣmaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he caused to grow", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*kol-ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, singular - every tree", "*neḥmāḏ*": "Niphal participle, masculine, singular - desirable/pleasant", "*ləmarʾeh*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - to sight/appearance", "*wə-ṭôḇ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine, singular - and good", "*ləmaʾăḵāl*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - for food", "*wə-ʿēṣ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and tree of", "*haḥayyîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the life", "*bəṯôḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in the middle of", "*haggan*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the garden", "*haddaʿaṯ*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular construct - the knowledge of", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - good", "*wārāʿ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine, singular - and evil" }, "variants": { "*wayyaṣmaḥ*": "caused to grow/made grow", "*neḥmāḏ*": "pleasing/desirable/pleasant", "*ləmarʾeh*": "to sight/to the eyes/for appearance", "*ṭôḇ*": "good/pleasant/agreeable", "*ləmaʾăḵāl*": "for food/for eating", "*ʿēṣ haḥayyîm*": "tree of life/tree of the living", "*bəṯôḵ*": "in the middle of/within/among", "*ʿēṣ haddaʿaṯ ṭôḇ wārāʿ*": "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.10", "source": "וְנָהָר֙ יֹצֵ֣א מֵעֵ֔דֶן לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת אֶת־הַגָּ֑ן וּמִשָּׁם֙ יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים׃", "text": "And-*nāhār yōṣēʾ mēʿēḏen ləhašqôṯ ʾeṯ-haggān ûmiššām yippārēḏ wə-hāyāh ləʾarbāʿāh rāʾšîm*", "grammar": { "*nāhār*": "noun, masculine, singular - river", "*yōṣēʾ*": "Qal participle, masculine, singular - going out/flowing", "*mēʿēḏen*": "preposition + proper noun - from Eden", "*ləhašqôṯ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to water", "*ʾeṯ-haggān*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the garden", "*ûmiššām*": "conjunction + preposition + adverb - and from there", "*yippārēḏ*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it was divided/separated", "*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and it became", "*ləʾarbāʿāh*": "preposition + number, feminine - into four", "*rāʾšîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - heads/beginnings/sources" }, "variants": { "*nāhār*": "river/stream", "*yōṣēʾ*": "going out/flowing/emerging", "*ləhašqôṯ*": "to water/to irrigate", "*yippārēḏ*": "was divided/was separated/was parted", "*rāʾšîm*": "heads/branches/headwaters/sources/beginnings" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.11", "source": "שֵׁ֥ם הָֽאֶחָ֖ד פִּישׁ֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסֹּבֵ֗ב אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הַזָּהָֽב׃", "text": "*šēm hāʾeḥāḏ pîšôn hûʾ hassōḇēḇ ʾēṯ kol-ʾereṣ haḥăwîlāh ʾăšer-šām hazzāhāḇ*", "grammar": { "*šēm*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - name of", "*hāʾeḥāḏ*": "definite article + number, masculine, singular - the first", "*pîšôn*": "proper noun - Pishon", "*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it/that", "*hassōḇēḇ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine, singular - the one surrounding", "*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker", "*kol-ʾereṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, feminine, singular construct - all land of", "*haḥăwîlāh*": "definite article + proper noun - the Havilah", "*ʾăšer-šām*": "relative pronoun + adverb - where there", "*hazzāhāḇ*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the gold" }, "variants": { "*hāʾeḥāḏ*": "the first/the one", "*pîšôn*": "Pishon [proper name of river]", "*hassōḇēḇ*": "surrounding/encompassing/winding around", "*haḥăwîlāh*": "Havilah [proper name of land]", "*hazzāhāḇ*": "the gold/gold ore" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.12", "source": "וּֽזֲהַ֛ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא ט֑וֹב שָׁ֥ם הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃", "text": "And-*zəhaḇ hāʾāreṣ hahiwʾ ṭôḇ šām habdōlaḥ wə-ʾeḇen haššōham*", "grammar": { "*zəhaḇ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - gold of", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the land", "*hahiwʾ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - that", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - good", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*habdōlaḥ*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the bdellium", "*wə-ʾeḇen*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular construct - and stone of", "*haššōham*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the onyx" }, "variants": { "*zəhaḇ*": "gold/golden ore", "*ṭôḇ*": "good/fine/high quality", "*habdōlaḥ*": "bdellium/aromatic resin/pearl", "*haššōham*": "onyx/beryl/carnelian/precious stone" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.13", "source": "וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃", "text": "And-*šēm-hannāhār haššēnî gîḥôn hûʾ hassôḇēḇ ʾēṯ kol-ʾereṣ kûš*", "grammar": { "*šēm*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - name of", "*hannāhār*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the river", "*haššēnî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the second", "*gîḥôn*": "proper noun - Gihon", "*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it/that", "*hassôḇēḇ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine, singular - the one surrounding", "*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker", "*kol-ʾereṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, feminine, singular construct - all land of", "*kûš*": "proper noun - Cush" }, "variants": { "*gîḥôn*": "Gihon [proper name of river]", "*hassôḇēḇ*": "surrounding/encompassing/winding around", "*kûš*": "Cush/Ethiopia [proper name of land]" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.14", "source": "וְשֵׁ֨ם הַנָּהָ֤ר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ חִדֶּ֔קֶל ה֥וּא הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ קִדְמַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר וְהַנָּהָ֥ר הָֽרְבִיעִ֖י ה֥וּא פְרָֽת׃", "text": "And-*šēm hannāhār haššəlîšî ḥiddeqel hûʾ hahōlēḵ qiḏmaṯ ʾaššûr wə-hannāhār hārəḇîʿî hûʾ p̄ərāṯ*", "grammar": { "*šēm*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - name of", "*hannāhār*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the river", "*haššəlîšî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the third", "*ḥiddeqel*": "proper noun - Hiddekel/Tigris", "*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it/that", "*hahōlēḵ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine, singular - the one going", "*qiḏmaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - east of", "*ʾaššûr*": "proper noun - Assyria", "*wə-hannāhār*": "conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - and the river", "*hārəḇîʿî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the fourth", "*p̄ərāṯ*": "proper noun - Euphrates" }, "variants": { "*ḥiddeqel*": "Hiddekel/Tigris [proper name of river]", "*hahōlēḵ*": "flowing/going/running", "*qiḏmaṯ*": "east of/in front of", "*ʾaššûr*": "Assyria [proper name of land]", "*p̄ərāṯ*": "Euphrates [proper name of river]" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.15", "source": "וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃", "text": "*wayyiqqaḥ YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām wayyanniḥēhû ḇəḡan-ʿēḏen ləʿāḇdāh ûləšāmrāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he took", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*wayyanniḥēhû*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he placed him", "*ḇəḡan-ʿēḏen*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct + proper noun - in the garden of Eden", "*ləʿāḇdāh*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to work it", "*ûləšāmrāh*": "conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and to keep it" }, "variants": { "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "took/placed", "*wayyanniḥēhû*": "placed him/set him/put him", "*ləʿāḇdāh*": "to work it/to cultivate it/to till it", "*ûləšāmrāh*": "and to keep it/and to guard it/and to watch over it" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.16", "source": "וַיְצַו֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הָֽאָדָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִכֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן אָכֹ֥ל תֹּאכֵֽל׃", "text": "*wayṣaw YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʿal-hāʾāḏām lēʾmōr mikkōl ʿēṣ-haggan ʾāḵōl tōʾḵēl*", "grammar": { "*wayṣaw*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he commanded", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʿal-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - upon the man", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying", "*mikkōl*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - from all", "*ʿēṣ-haggan*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - tree of the garden", "*ʾāḵōl tōʾḵēl*": "Qal infinitive absolute + Qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - eating you shall eat" }, "variants": { "*wayṣaw*": "commanded/ordered/charged", "*ʿal-hāʾāḏām*": "upon the man/concerning the man", "*lēʾmōr*": "saying/to say", "*ʾāḵōl tōʾḵēl*": "you may freely eat/you shall surely eat [emphatic construction]" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.17", "source": "וּמֵעֵ֗ץ הַדַּ֙עַת֙ ט֣וֹב וָרָ֔ע לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם אֲכָלְךָ֥ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃", "text": "But-from-*ʿēṣ haddaʿaṯ ṭôḇ wārāʿ lōʾ ṯōʾḵal mimmenû kî bəyôm ʾăḵālḵā mimmenû môṯ tāmûṯ*", "grammar": { "*ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - tree of", "*haddaʿaṯ*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular construct - the knowledge of", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - good", "*wārāʿ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine, singular - and evil", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ṯōʾḵal*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - you shall eat", "*mimmenû*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from it", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*bəyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in the day of", "*ʾăḵālḵā*": "Qal infinitive construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eating", "*môṯ tāmûṯ*": "Qal infinitive absolute + Qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - dying you shall die" }, "variants": { "*haddaʿaṯ ṭôḇ wārāʿ*": "the knowledge of good and evil", "*ṯōʾḵal*": "you shall eat/you may eat", "*bəyôm*": "in the day/when", "*ʾăḵālḵā*": "your eating/when you eat", "*môṯ tāmûṯ*": "you shall surely die/you will certainly die [emphatic construction]" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.18", "source": "וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂהּ־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wayyōʾmer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm lōʾ-ṭôḇ hĕyôṯ hāʾāḏām ləḇaddô ʾeʿĕśeh-lô ʿēzer kəneḡdô*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*lōʾ-ṭôḇ*": "negative particle + adjective, masculine, singular - not good", "*hĕyôṯ*": "Qal infinitive construct - the being of", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*ləḇaddô*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - by himself", "*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will make", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for him", "*ʿēzer*": "noun, masculine, singular - helper", "*kəneḡdô*": "preposition + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - corresponding to him" }, "variants": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "said/declared/thought", "*lōʾ-ṭôḇ*": "not good/bad", "*hĕyôṯ*": "being/existing", "*ləḇaddô*": "by himself/alone", "*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "I will make/I will fashion/I will create", "*ʿēzer*": "helper/aid/assistance", "*kəneḡdô*": "corresponding to him/suitable for him/matching him/alongside him" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.19", "source": "וַיִּצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיָּבֵא֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־ל֑וֹ וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקְרָא־ל֧וֹ הֽ͏ָאָדָ֛ם נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה ה֥וּא שְׁמֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wayyiṣer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm min-hāʾăḏāmāh kol-ḥayyaṯ haśśāḏeh wə-ʾēṯ kol-ʿôp̄ haššāmayim wayyāḇēʾ ʾel-hāʾāḏām lirʾôṯ mah-yiqrāʾ-lô wə-ḵōl ʾăšer yiqrāʾ-lô hāʾāḏām nep̄eš ḥayyāh hûʾ šəmô*", "grammar": { "*wayyiṣer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he formed", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*kol-ḥayyaṯ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, feminine, singular construct - every animal of", "*haśśāḏeh*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the field", "*wə-ʾēṯ*": "conjunction + direct object marker", "*kol-ʿôp̄*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, singular construct - every bird of", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the heavens", "*wayyāḇēʾ*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he brought", "*ʾel-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - to the man", "*lirʾôṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to see", "*mah-yiqrāʾ-lô*": "interrogative pronoun + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - what he would call it", "*wə-ḵōl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and everything", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - that", "*yiqrāʾ-lô*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he would call it", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*nep̄eš*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - living", "*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - that", "*šəmô*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its name" }, "variants": { "*wayyiṣer*": "formed/fashioned/created", "*ḥayyaṯ haśśāḏeh*": "beast of the field/wild animal", "*ʿôp̄ haššāmayim*": "bird of the heavens/flying creature", "*wayyāḇēʾ*": "brought/led", "*lirʾôṯ*": "to see/to observe", "*mah-yiqrāʾ-lô*": "what he would call it/how he would name it", "*nep̄eš ḥayyāh*": "living creature/living being" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.20", "source": "וַיִּקְרָ֨א הָֽאָדָ֜ם שֵׁמ֗וֹת לְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּלְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְכֹ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּלְאָדָ֕ם לֹֽא־מָצָ֥א עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wayyiqrāʾ hāʾāḏām šēmôṯ ləḵāl-habbəhēmāh ûləʿôp̄ haššāmayim ûləḵōl ḥayyaṯ haśśāḏeh ûləʾāḏām lōʾ-māṣāʾ ʿēzer kəneḡdô*", "grammar": { "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he called", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*šēmôṯ*": "noun, masculine, plural - names", "*ləḵāl*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - to all", "*habbəhēmāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the cattle/livestock", "*ûləʿôp̄*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - and to bird of", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the heavens", "*ûləḵōl*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - and to all", "*ḥayyaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - beast of", "*haśśāḏeh*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the field", "*ûləʾāḏām*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular - and for Adam/man", "*lōʾ-māṣāʾ*": "negative particle + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - not found", "*ʿēzer*": "noun, masculine, singular - helper", "*kəneḡdô*": "preposition + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - corresponding to him" }, "variants": { "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "called/named/designated", "*šēmôṯ*": "names/designations", "*habbəhēmāh*": "the livestock/the cattle/the domesticated animals", "*ḥayyaṯ haśśāḏeh*": "beast of the field/wild animal", "*ûləʾāḏām*": "but for Adam/but for the man", "*māṣāʾ*": "found/discovered", "*ʿēzer kəneḡdô*": "helper suitable for him/counterpart" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.21", "source": "וַיַּפֵּל֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל־הָאָדָ֖ם וַיִּישָׁ֑ן וַיִּקַּ֗ח אַחַת֙ מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃", "text": "*wayyappēl YHWH ʾĕlōhîm tardēmāh ʿal-hāʾāḏām wayyîšān wayyiqqaḥ ʾaḥaṯ miṣṣalʿōṯāyw wayyisgōr bāśār taḥtennāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyappēl*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he caused to fall", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*tardēmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - deep sleep", "*ʿal-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - upon the man", "*wayyîšān*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he slept", "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he took", "*ʾaḥaṯ*": "number, feminine, singular - one", "*miṣṣalʿōṯāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from his ribs/sides", "*wayyisgōr*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he closed up", "*bāśār*": "noun, masculine, singular - flesh", "*taḥtennāh*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in its place" }, "variants": { "*wayyappēl*": "caused to fall/brought down", "*tardēmāh*": "deep sleep/trance", "*wayyîšān*": "slept/fell asleep", "*ʾaḥaṯ miṣṣalʿōṯāyw*": "one of his ribs/one of his sides", "*wayyisgōr*": "closed up/sealed", "*bāśār*": "flesh/meat/skin", "*taḥtennāh*": "in its place/underneath it/where it had been" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.22", "source": "וַיִּבֶן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָ֛ע אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ אֶל־הֽ͏ָאָדָֽם׃", "text": "*wayyiḇen YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-haṣṣēlāʿ ʾăšer-lāqaḥ min-hāʾāḏām ləʾiššāh wayḇiʾehā ʾel-hāʾāḏām*", "grammar": { "*wayyiḇen*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he built", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-haṣṣēlāʿ*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the rib/side", "*ʾăšer-lāqaḥ*": "relative pronoun + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - which he had taken", "*min-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - from the man", "*ləʾiššāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular - into a woman", "*wayḇiʾehā*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and he brought her", "*ʾel-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - to the man" }, "variants": { "*wayyiḇen*": "built/fashioned/formed", "*haṣṣēlāʿ*": "the rib/the side/the part", "*ləʾiššāh*": "into a woman/for a woman", "*wayḇiʾehā*": "brought her/led her/presented her" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.23", "source": "וַיֹּאמֶר֮ הֽ͏ָאָדָם֒ זֹ֣את הַפַּ֗עַם עֶ֚צֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַ֔י וּבָשָׂ֖ר מִבְּשָׂרִ֑י לְזֹאת֙ יִקָּרֵ֣א אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּ֥י מֵאִ֖ישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת׃", "text": "*wayyōʾmer hāʾāḏām zōʾṯ happaʿam ʿeṣem mēʿăṣāmay ûḇāśār mibbəśārî ləzōʾṯ yiqqārēʾ ʾiššāh kî mēʾîš luqŏḥāh-zōʾṯ*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this", "*happaʿam*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the time/instance", "*ʿeṣem*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - bone of", "*mēʿăṣāmay*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - from my bones", "*ûḇāśār*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and flesh", "*mibbəśārî*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my flesh", "*ləzōʾṯ*": "preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - for this one", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - she shall be called", "*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - woman", "*kî*": "conjunction - because", "*mēʾîš*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from man", "*luqŏḥāh-zōʾṯ*": "Pual perfect, 3rd singular feminine + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this one was taken" }, "variants": { "*happaʿam*": "this time/now/at last", "*ʿeṣem mēʿăṣāmay*": "bone of my bones/bone from my bones", "*ûḇāśār mibbəśārî*": "and flesh of my flesh/and flesh from my flesh", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "shall be called/will be named", "*ʾiššāh*": "woman/female/wife", "*mēʾîš*": "from man/from husband", "*luqŏḥāh*": "was taken/was drawn out" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.24", "source": "עַל־כֵּן֙ יֽ͏ַעֲזָב־אִ֔ישׁ אֶת־אָבִ֖יו וְאֶת־אִמּ֑וֹ וְדָבַ֣ק בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְהָי֖וּ לְבָשָׂ֥ר אֶחָֽד׃", "text": "*ʿal-kēn yaʿăzāḇ-ʾîš ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîw wə-ʾeṯ-ʾimmô wə-ḏāḇaq bəʾištô wə-hāyû ləḇāśār ʾeḥāḏ*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*yaʿăzāḇ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - he shall leave", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine, singular - man", "*ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîw*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father", "*wə-ʾeṯ-ʾimmô*": "conjunction + direct object marker + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his mother", "*wə-ḏāḇaq*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and cleave/cling", "*bəʾištô*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his wife", "*wə-hāyû*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd plural - and they shall become", "*ləḇāśār*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - to flesh", "*ʾeḥāḏ*": "number, masculine, singular - one" }, "variants": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "therefore/for this reason", "*yaʿăzāḇ*": "shall leave/will leave/leaves", "*ʾîš*": "man/husband", "*wə-ḏāḇaq*": "and cling/and be joined/and hold fast", "*bəʾištô*": "to his wife/with his wife", "*ləḇāśār ʾeḥāḏ*": "one flesh/united flesh" } }

{ "verseID": "Genesis.2.25", "source": "וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ עֲרוּמִּ֔ים הָֽאָדָ֖ם וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֖א יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ׃", "text": "*wayyihyû šənêhem ʿărûmmîm hāʾāḏām wə-ʾištô wə-lōʾ yiṯbōšāšû*", "grammar": { "*wayyihyû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd plural - and they were", "*šənêhem*": "number, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - both of them", "*ʿărûmmîm*": "adjective, masculine, plural - naked", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*wə-ʾištô*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his wife", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yiṯbōšāšû*": "Hithpael imperfect, 3rd plural - they were ashamed" }, "variants": { "*šənêhem*": "both of them/the two of them", "*ʿărûmmîm*": "naked/bare/unclothed", "*yiṯbōšāšû*": "they were ashamed/they felt shame/they were embarrassed" } }