Genesis 2 – Line 00038

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 2:7

וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

vayyitzer YHWH Elohim et-ha’adam afar min-ha’adamah vayyipach be’apav nishmat chayyim vayhi ha’adam lenephesh chayyah

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וַיִּיצֶר

Transliteration: vayyitzer

Lexical Root: יצר (yatzar)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, vav-consecutive

Lexical Range:

to form

to fashion

to shape

to mold

WORD 2

Original: יְהוָה

Transliteration: YHWH

Lexical Root: היה (hayah)

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: Tetragrammaton

Lexical Range:

the personal name of Israel’s God

WORD 3

Original: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: Elohim

Lexical Root: אֱלוֹהַּ (eloah)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine plural form, used with singular verbs

Lexical Range:

God

gods

divine beings

rulers

judges

WORD 4

Original: אֶת־

Transliteration: et

Lexical Root: —

Part of Speech: Direct object marker

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range:

indicates definite direct object

WORD 5

Original: הָאָדָם

Transliteration: ha’adam

Lexical Root: אָדָם (adam)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

the human

man

person

humanity

WORD 6

Original: עָפָר

Transliteration: afar

Lexical Root: עָפָר (afar)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

dust

dry earth

fine soil

loose particles

WORD 7

Original: מִן־הָאֲדָמָה

Transliteration: min-ha’adamah

Lexical Root: מן (min) + אֲדָמָה (adamah)

Part of Speech: Preposition + noun with definite article

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

from the ground

out of the soil

from the land

WORD 8

Original: וַיִּפַּח

Transliteration: vayyipach

Lexical Root: נפח (naphach)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, vav-consecutive

Lexical Range:

to blow

to breathe

to puff

to exhale

WORD 9

Original: בְּאַפָּיו

Transliteration: be’apav

Lexical Root: אף (aph)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine plural with preposition and 3rd person masculine singular suffix

Lexical Range:

in his nostrils

in his face

in his breathing passages

WORD 10

Original: נִשְׁמַת

Transliteration: nishmat

Lexical Root: נְשָׁמָה (neshamah)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular construct

Lexical Range:

breath

breath of life

spirit

vital breath

WORD 11

Original: חַיִּים

Transliteration: chayyim

Lexical Root: חַי (chai)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine plural form (often treated as abstract singular)

Lexical Range:

life

living being

vitality

WORD 12

Original: וַיְהִי

Transliteration: vayhi

Lexical Root: היה (hayah)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, vav-consecutive

Lexical Range:

and he became

and it came to be

and was

WORD 13

Original: הָאָדָם

Transliteration: ha’adam

Lexical Root: אָדָם (adam)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

the human

man

person

humanity

WORD 14

Original: לְנֶפֶשׁ

Transliteration: lenephesh

Lexical Root: נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh)

Part of Speech: Noun with preposition

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

soul

living being

self

life-force

WORD 15

Original: חַיָּה

Transliteration: chayyah

Lexical Root: חַי (chai)

Part of Speech: Adjective (used as noun)

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

living

alive

animate

life-bearing

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

The verse follows a tightly sequenced three-clause structure: (1) forming, (2) animating breath, (3) resulting state.

Wordplay is present between “adam” and “adamah.”

The compound “nishmat chayyim” is construct chain: “breath of life.”

Final clause “lenephesh chayyah” identifies a status/state transformation.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

Masoretic tradition shows no substantive variants in major witnesses.

Phrase structure matches Leningrad Codex and Aleppo Codex.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Connects back to Genesis 2:6 (watering of ground) and forward to 2:8 (placement in the garden).

Wordplay continues: “adam,” “adamah,” “chayyim,” “chayyah.”

The verb “vayyitzer” also appears in Isaiah 43:7 in creation contexts.

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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No conclusions, smoothing, or interpretive decisions have been made.

This file serves only to display the original structure and lexical range as transparently as possible.