8 {
"verseID": "Genesis.2.8",
"source": "וַיִּטַּ֞ע יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים גַּן־בְּעֵ֖דֶן מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיָּ֣שֶׂם שָׁ֔ם אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר׃",
"text": "*wayyiṭṭaʿ YHWH ʾĕlōhîm gan-bəʿēḏen miqqeḏem wayyāśem šām ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām ʾăšer yāṣār*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiṭṭaʿ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he planted",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God",
"*gan*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - garden of",
"*bəʿēḏen*": "preposition + proper noun - in Eden",
"*miqqeḏem*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from the east/in the east",
"*wayyāśem*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he put",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom",
"*yāṣār*": "Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he had formed"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiṭṭaʿ*": "planted/established",
"*gan*": "garden/orchard/enclosure",
"*ʿēḏen*": "Eden/delight/pleasure",
"*miqqeḏem*": "in the east/eastward/from ancient times",
"*wayyāśem*": "put/placed/set",
"*yāṣār*": "had formed/had shaped/had fashioned"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Genesis.2.9",
"source": "וַיַּצְמַ֞ח יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע׃",
"text": "*wayyaṣmaḥ YHWH ʾĕlōhîm min-hāʾăḏāmāh kol-ʿēṣ neḥmāḏ ləmarʾeh wə-ṭôḇ ləmaʾăḵāl wə-ʿēṣ haḥayyîm bəṯôḵ haggan wə-ʿēṣ haddaʿaṯ ṭôḇ wārāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaṣmaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he caused to grow",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God",
"*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground",
"*kol-ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, singular - every tree",
"*neḥmāḏ*": "Niphal participle, masculine, singular - desirable/pleasant",
"*ləmarʾeh*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - to sight/appearance",
"*wə-ṭôḇ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine, singular - and good",
"*ləmaʾăḵāl*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - for food",
"*wə-ʿēṣ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and tree of",
"*haḥayyîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the life",
"*bəṯôḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in the middle of",
"*haggan*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the garden",
"*haddaʿaṯ*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular construct - the knowledge of",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - good",
"*wārāʿ*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine, singular - and evil"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyaṣmaḥ*": "caused to grow/made grow",
"*neḥmāḏ*": "pleasing/desirable/pleasant",
"*ləmarʾeh*": "to sight/to the eyes/for appearance",
"*ṭôḇ*": "good/pleasant/agreeable",
"*ləmaʾăḵāl*": "for food/for eating",
"*ʿēṣ haḥayyîm*": "tree of life/tree of the living",
"*bəṯôḵ*": "in the middle of/within/among",
"*ʿēṣ haddaʿaṯ ṭôḇ wārāʿ*": "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Genesis.2.10",
"source": "וְנָהָר֙ יֹצֵ֣א מֵעֵ֔דֶן לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת אֶת־הַגָּ֑ן וּמִשָּׁם֙ יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים׃",
"text": "And-*nāhār yōṣēʾ mēʿēḏen ləhašqôṯ ʾeṯ-haggān ûmiššām yippārēḏ wə-hāyāh ləʾarbāʿāh rāʾšîm*",
"grammar": {
"*nāhār*": "noun, masculine, singular - river",
"*yōṣēʾ*": "Qal participle, masculine, singular - going out/flowing",
"*mēʿēḏen*": "preposition + proper noun - from Eden",
"*ləhašqôṯ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to water",
"*ʾeṯ-haggān*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the garden",
"*ûmiššām*": "conjunction + preposition + adverb - and from there",
"*yippārēḏ*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it was divided/separated",
"*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and it became",
"*ləʾarbāʿāh*": "preposition + number, feminine - into four",
"*rāʾšîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - heads/beginnings/sources"
},
"variants": {
"*nāhār*": "river/stream",
"*yōṣēʾ*": "going out/flowing/emerging",
"*ləhašqôṯ*": "to water/to irrigate",
"*yippārēḏ*": "was divided/was separated/was parted",
"*rāʾšîm*": "heads/branches/headwaters/sources/beginnings"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Genesis.2.11",
"source": "שֵׁ֥ם הָֽאֶחָ֖ד פִּישׁ֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסֹּבֵ֗ב אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הַזָּהָֽב׃",
"text": "*šēm hāʾeḥāḏ pîšôn hûʾ hassōḇēḇ ʾēṯ kol-ʾereṣ haḥăwîlāh ʾăšer-šām hazzāhāḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*šēm*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - name of",
"*hāʾeḥāḏ*": "definite article + number, masculine, singular - the first",
"*pîšôn*": "proper noun - Pishon",
"*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it/that",
"*hassōḇēḇ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine, singular - the one surrounding",
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*kol-ʾereṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, feminine, singular construct - all land of",
"*haḥăwîlāh*": "definite article + proper noun - the Havilah",
"*ʾăšer-šām*": "relative pronoun + adverb - where there",
"*hazzāhāḇ*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the gold"
},
"variants": {
"*hāʾeḥāḏ*": "the first/the one",
"*pîšôn*": "Pishon [proper name of river]",
"*hassōḇēḇ*": "surrounding/encompassing/winding around",
"*haḥăwîlāh*": "Havilah [proper name of land]",
"*hazzāhāḇ*": "the gold/gold ore"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Genesis.2.12",
"source": "וּֽזֲהַ֛ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא ט֑וֹב שָׁ֥ם הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃",
"text": "And-*zəhaḇ hāʾāreṣ hahiwʾ ṭôḇ šām habdōlaḥ wə-ʾeḇen haššōham*",
"grammar": {
"*zəhaḇ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - gold of",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the land",
"*hahiwʾ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - that",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - good",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*habdōlaḥ*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the bdellium",
"*wə-ʾeḇen*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular construct - and stone of",
"*haššōham*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the onyx"
},
"variants": {
"*zəhaḇ*": "gold/golden ore",
"*ṭôḇ*": "good/fine/high quality",
"*habdōlaḥ*": "bdellium/aromatic resin/pearl",
"*haššōham*": "onyx/beryl/carnelian/precious stone"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Genesis.2.13",
"source": "וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃",
"text": "And-*šēm-hannāhār haššēnî gîḥôn hûʾ hassôḇēḇ ʾēṯ kol-ʾereṣ kûš*",
"grammar": {
"*šēm*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - name of",
"*hannāhār*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the river",
"*haššēnî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the second",
"*gîḥôn*": "proper noun - Gihon",
"*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it/that",
"*hassôḇēḇ*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine, singular - the one surrounding",
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*kol-ʾereṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, feminine, singular construct - all land of",
"*kûš*": "proper noun - Cush"
},
"variants": {
"*gîḥôn*": "Gihon [proper name of river]",
"*hassôḇēḇ*": "surrounding/encompassing/winding around",
"*kûš*": "Cush/Ethiopia [proper name of land]"
}
}