Genesis 2 – Line 00054

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PREFACE

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 2:23

וַיֹּאמֶר הָאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקֳחָה זֹאת

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

vayomer ha’adam zot happa‘am etsem me‘atsamai uvasar mibbesari le’zot yiqqare’ ishah ki me’ish luqqachah zot

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וַיֹּאמֶר

Transliteration: vayomer

Lexical Root: אמר (’amar)

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Lexical Range:

to say

to declare

to speak

WORD 2

Original: הָאָדָם

Transliteration: ha’adam

Lexical Root: אָדָם (adam)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

the man

the human

WORD 3

Original: זֹאת

Transliteration: zot

Lexical Root: זה (zeh)

Part of Speech: Demonstrative pronoun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

this

this one (feminine)

WORD 4

Original: הַפַּעַם

Transliteration: happa‘am

Lexical Root: פעם (pa‘am)

Part of Speech: Noun with definite article

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

the time

the occurrence

the step

WORD 5

Original: עֶצֶם

Transliteration: etsem

Lexical Root: עֶצֶם (etsem)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

bone

essence

substance

WORD 6

Original: מֵעֲצָמַי

Transliteration: me‘atsamai

Lexical Root: עצם (etsem)

Part of Speech: Noun + preposition + pronominal suffix

Grammatical Info: Construct with 1st person common singular suffix

Lexical Range:

from my bones

out of my essence

WORD 7

Original: וּבָשָׂר

Transliteration: uvasar

Lexical Root: בָּשָׂר (basar)

Part of Speech: Noun with conjunction

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

and flesh

and body

WORD 8

Original: מִבְּשָׂרִי

Transliteration: mibbesari

Lexical Root: בשר (basar)

Part of Speech: Noun + preposition + pronominal suffix

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular construct with 1cs suffix

Lexical Range:

from my flesh

from my body

WORD 9

Original: לְזֹאת

Transliteration: le’zot

Lexical Root: זה (zeh)

Part of Speech: Preposition + demonstrative pronoun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

to this

for this one

WORD 10

Original: יִקָּרֵא

Transliteration: yiqqare’

Lexical Root: קרא (qara)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Niphal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Lexical Range:

it shall be called

it shall be proclaimed

it shall be named

WORD 11

Original: אִשָּׁה

Transliteration: ishah

Lexical Root: אִשָּׁה (ishah)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

woman

wife

female human

WORD 12

Original: כִּי

Transliteration: ki

Lexical Root: כי

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range:

because

for

that

WORD 13

Original: מֵאִישׁ

Transliteration: me’ish

Lexical Root: אִישׁ (ish)

Part of Speech: Noun + preposition

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

from man

from husband

from male human

WORD 14

Original: לֻקֳחָה

Transliteration: luqqachah

Lexical Root: לקח (laqach)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammatical Info: Pual, perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

Lexical Range:

she was taken

she was received

she was seized

WORD 15

Original: זֹאת

Transliteration: zot

Lexical Root: זה (zeh)

Part of Speech: Demonstrative pronoun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

this

this one

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

Opening clause begins human speech with divine-recognition tone.

Phrases “etsem me‘atsamai” and “basar mibbesari” reflect poetic parallelism and structural mirroring.

Passive “yiqqare’” and “luqqachah” indicate naming and origin beyond human initiation.

“Ishah” and “ish” form a wordplay rooted in Hebrew morphology.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

Masoretic Text is stable.

Septuagint renders “γυνή... ἐκ τοῦ ἀνδρός” preserving gendered origin theme.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Continuation of Genesis 2:22's divine presentation of the woman.

Forms conceptual climax of Genesis 2:18–22.

Introduces gendered identity distinction within shared human essence.

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.