Genesis 2:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The man said, 'This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ הֽ͏ָאָדָם֒ זֹ֣את הַפַּ֗עַם עֶ֚צֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַ֔י וּבָשָׂ֖ר מִבְּשָׂרִ֑י לְזֹאת֙ יִקָּרֵ֣א אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּ֥י מֵאִ֖ישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת׃

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer hāʾāḏām zōʾṯ happaʿam ʿeṣem mēʿăṣāmay ûḇāśār mibbəśārî ləzōʾṯ yiqqārēʾ ʾiššāh kî mēʾîš luqŏḥāh-zōʾṯ

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
• *hāʾāḏām*: definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man
• *zōʾṯ*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this
• *happaʿam*: definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the time/instance
• *ʿeṣem*: noun, feminine, singular construct - bone of
• *mēʿăṣāmay*: preposition + noun, feminine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - from my bones
• *ûḇāśār*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and flesh
• *mibbəśārî*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my flesh
• *ləzōʾṯ*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - for this one
• *yiqqārēʾ*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - she shall be called
• *ʾiššāh*: noun, feminine, singular - woman
• *kî*: conjunction - because
• *mēʾîš*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from man
• *luqŏḥāh-zōʾṯ*: Pual perfect, 3rd singular feminine + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this one was taken

Word Meanings

• *happaʿam*: this time/now/at last
• *ʿeṣem mēʿăṣāmay*: bone of my bones/bone from my bones
• *ûḇāśār mibbəśārî*: and flesh of my flesh/and flesh from my flesh
• *yiqqārēʾ*: shall be called/will be named
• *ʾiššāh*: woman/female/wife
• *mēʾîš*: from man/from husband
• *luqŏḥāh*: was taken/was drawn out

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the man 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then sayd Ada this is once bone of my boones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was take of the man.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde man: This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was take of man.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the man 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the man 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

Referenced Verses

• Eph 5:28-30 : 28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of His body.
• 1 Cor 11:8-9 : 8 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
• Gen 29:14 : 14 Then Laban said to him, 'Surely you are my own flesh and blood.' Jacob stayed with him for a month.
• Judg 9:2 : 2 "Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: that seventy men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember, I am your own flesh and blood."
• 2 Sam 5:1 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood."
• 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring the king back?'