Genesis 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.”

Genesis 5:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:211 words

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female

בְּרָאָםbərāʾāmCreate

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמָםšəmāmAppellation

אָדָםʾādāmRuddy

בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day

הִבָּרְאָםhibārəʾāmCreate

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

Word-by-word meanings

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female

בְּרָאָםbərāʾāmCreate

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמָםšəmāmAppellation

אָדָםʾādāmRuddy

בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day

הִבָּרְאָםhibārəʾāmCreate

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