Genesis 2:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.”

Genesis 2:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:1928 words

וַיִּצֶרwayiṣerAnd mould

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

מִןminPart

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

כָּלkālWhole

חַיַּתḥayatAlive

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see

מַהmahWhat?

יִּקְרָאyiqərāʾCall out to

לוֹlwōTo

וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִקְרָאyiqərāʾCall out to

לוֹlwōTo

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

הוּאhûʾHe

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּצֶרwayiṣerAnd mould

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

מִןminPart

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

כָּלkālWhole

חַיַּתḥayatAlive

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see

מַהmahWhat?

יִּקְרָאyiqərāʾCall out to

לוֹlwōTo

וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִקְרָאyiqərāʾCall out to

לוֹlwōTo

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

הוּאhûʾHe

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

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