Genesis 2:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Genesis 2:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:2315 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
זֹאתzōʾtThis
הַפַּעַםhapaʿamThe stroke
עֶצֶםʿeṣemBone
מֵעֲצָמַיmēʿăṣāmayFrom bone
וּבָשָׂרûvāśārAnd flesh
מִבְּשָׂרִיmibəśārîFrom flesh
לְזֹאתləzōʾtTo this
יִקָּרֵאyiqārēʾCall out to
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מֵאִישׁmēʾîšFrom man
לֻקֳחָהluqŏḥāhTake
זֹּאתzōʾtThis
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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