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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 2:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:716 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּיצֶר֩wayiyṣer
and he formedconjH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהִ֜יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/אָדָ֗םhāʾādām
the manparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
עָפָר֙ʿāpār
dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔הhāʾădāmāh
the groundparticleH127
earth · ground · husband · land
וַ/יִּפַּ֥חwayipaḥ
and he blewconjH5301
breath · give up · cause to lose · seething ···
בְּ/אַפָּ֖י/וbəʾapāyw
in nostrils hispronH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
נִשְׁמַ֣תnišəmat
the breath ofnounH5397
breath · inspiration · soul · spirit
חַיִּ֑יםḥayiym
lifenounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וַֽ/יְהִ֥יwayəhiy
and he becameconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הָֽ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
the manparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לְ/נֶ֥פֶשׁlənepeš
a creaturepronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
חַיָּֽהḥayāh
livingadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Emre YilmazNote1mo ago
Bearing fruit that lasts - Genesis 2
I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance....
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