Genesis 2 – Line 00044

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 2:13

וְשֵׁם־הַנָּהָר הַשֵּׁנִי גִּיחוֹן הוּא הַסּוֹבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ כּוּשׁ

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

veshem-hanahar hasheni Gichon hu hassovev et kol-eretz Kush

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וְשֵׁם

Transliteration: veshem

Lexical Root: שֵׁם (shem)

Part of Speech: Noun with conjunction

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

and name

and designation

and reputation

WORD 2

Original: הַנָּהָר

Transliteration: hanahar

Lexical Root: נָהָר (nahar)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

the river

the stream

the flowing watercourse

WORD 3

Original: הַשֵּׁנִי

Transliteration: hasheni

Lexical Root: שֵׁנִי (sheni)

Part of Speech: Ordinal number

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

the second

second in sequence

WORD 4

Original: גִּיחוֹן

Transliteration: Gichon

Lexical Root: גִּיחוֹן (Gichon)

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range:

Gihon (river name)

bursting forth

WORD 5

Original: הוּא

Transliteration: hu

Lexical Root: הוּא (hu)

Part of Speech: Pronoun

Grammatical Info: 3rd person masculine singular

Lexical Range:

he

it

this one

WORD 6

Original: הַסּוֹבֵב

Transliteration: hassovev

Lexical Root: סבב (savav)

Part of Speech: Verb (participle)

Grammatical Info: Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

the one surrounding

the one encircling

the one encompassing

WORD 7

Original: אֵת

Transliteration: et

Lexical Root: —

Part of Speech: Direct object marker

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range:

marks the definite direct object

WORD 8

Original: כָּל־

Transliteration: kol

Lexical Root: כל (kol)

Part of Speech: Noun (construct)

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular construct

Lexical Range:

all

every

entire

WORD 9

Original: אֶרֶץ

Transliteration: eretz

Lexical Root: אֶרֶץ (eretz)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

land

earth

territory

country

WORD 10

Original: כּוּשׁ

Transliteration: Kush

Lexical Root: כּוּשׁ (Kush)

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range:

Cush

geographic region, often associated with Nubia/Ethiopia

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

The subject is “veshem hanahar hasheni” (the name of the second river).

Apposition follows: “Gichon hu hassovev...”

Participle “hassovev” provides a continuous descriptive attribute.

Object phrase: “et kol-eretz Kush” is marked definitively and refers to full regional encirclement.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

Masoretic manuscripts consistent.

Septuagint reflects transliterated form Γηων (Gion). No lexical divergence observed.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Continues the river-naming sequence started in Genesis 2:10 and continued in 2:11–12.

Follows parallel structure with “veshem hanahar” used for each river (see 2:14).

Contributes to the geographic mapping of Eden’s fourfold river system.

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