Genesis 3 – Line 00065

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INTRO

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RENDERED LINE

And YHWH God called to the human and said to him, “Where are you?”

RENDERING NOTES

“And YHWH God called” (וַיִּקְרָא יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים) — preserves compound divine name; vav-consecutive past narrative verb.

“To the human” (אֶל־הָאָדָם) — explicit prepositional direction, maintaining the definite article “the.”

“And said to him” (וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ) — second verb with speech function; “lo” preserves 3ms pronominal suffix.

“Where are you?” (אַיֶּכָּה) — single-word interrogative with personal suffix, distinctive in Hebrew.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

Quotation marks added for clarity of direct speech.

No smoothing applied to interrogative — phrased as direct address.

No interpretive helpers inserted. Every word is traceable to a Hebrew counterpart.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Follows 3:8 where the human pair hides from YHWH’s presence.

This is the first recorded divine question in the canon — a relational call, not informational query.

Begins a cascade of divine questions in the Eden dialogue.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Uses a classic biblical narrative construction: vayiqra... vayomer

Balances divine initiative (“called”) with relational engagement (“said to him”)

The structure of address mirrors Genesis 1 naming formulae, but now turned toward estranged humanity.

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