Genesis 2:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Genesis 2:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:716 words

וַיִּיצֶרwayîṣerAnd mould

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust

מִןminPart

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

וַיִּפַּחwayipaḥAnd puff

בְּאַפָּיוbəʾapāywIn nose

נִשְׁמַתnišəmatPuff

חַיִּיםḥayîmAlive

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

לְנֶפֶשׁlənep̄ešTo breathing creature

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּיצֶרwayîṣerAnd mould

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust

מִןminPart

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

וַיִּפַּחwayipaḥAnd puff

בְּאַפָּיוbəʾapāywIn nose

נִשְׁמַתnišəmatPuff

חַיִּיםḥayîmAlive

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

לְנֶפֶשׁlənep̄ešTo breathing creature

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

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