Genesis 2:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”

Genesis 2:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:2213 words

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

הַצֵּלָעhaṣēlāʿThe rib

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לָקַחlāqaḥTake

מִןminPart

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַיְבִאֶהָwayəviʾehāAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצֵּלָעhaṣēlāʿThe rib

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לָקַחlāqaḥTake

מִןminPart

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַיְבִאֶהָwayəviʾehāAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

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