Genesis 3 – Line 00076

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PREFACE

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 3:20

• וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה כִּי הִיא הָיְתָה אֵם כָּל־חָי

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

• vayiqra ha’adam shem ishto chavvah ki hi hayetah em kol-chai

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וַיִּקְרָא

Transliteration: vayiqra

Lexical Root: קרא (qara)

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Lexical Range

• and he called
• and he named
• and he proclaimed

WORD 2

Original: הָאָדָם

Transliteration: ha’adam

Lexical Root: אדם (adam)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular with definite article

Lexical Range

• the human
• the man
• Adam (as a personal name)

WORD 3

Original: שֵׁם

Transliteration: shem

Lexical Root: שֵׁם (shem)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range

• name
• reputation
• designation

WORD 4

Original: אִשְׁתּוֹ

Transliteration: ishto

Lexical Root: אִשָּׁה (ishah)

Part of Speech: Noun + Pronoun suffix

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix

Lexical Range

• his wife
• his woman

WORD 5

Original: חַוָּה

Transliteration: chavvah

Lexical Root: חַוָּה (chavvah)

Part of Speech: Proper noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine proper name

Lexical Range

• Chavvah (Eve)
• [related root חוה – to live, to declare]

WORD 6

Original: כִּי

Transliteration: ki

Lexical Root: כִּי (ki)

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Grammatical Info: —

Lexical Range

• because
• for
• that

WORD 7

Original: הִיא

Transliteration: hi

Lexical Root: הוּא (hu, irregular fem. form)

Part of Speech: Pronoun

Grammatical Info: 3rd person feminine singular

Lexical Range

• she
• it (feminine)

WORD 8

Original: הָיְתָה

Transliteration: hayetah

Lexical Root: היה (hayah)

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Lexical Range

• she was
• she became
• she existed as

WORD 9

Original: אֵם

Transliteration: em

Lexical Root: אֵם (em)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Feminine singular

Lexical Range

• mother
• source

WORD 10

Original: כָּל־

Transliteration: kol-

Lexical Root: כל (kol)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammatical Info: Construct form

Lexical Range

• all of
• every
• entirety of

WORD 11

Original: חָי

Transliteration: chai

Lexical Root: חַי (chai)

Part of Speech: Noun/Adjective

Grammatical Info: Masculine singular

Lexical Range

• living thing
• life
• being alive

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

• Initial verb “vayiqra” sets a naming act — structured in subject-object-order form.
• “ha’adam” is explicit subject; “shem ishto chavvah” is object phrase.
• “ki hi hayetah em kol-chai” is a causal clause justifying the name choice, with pronoun “hi” as emphatic subject.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

• No known significant MT or LXX variants for this line.
• LXX renders Chavvah as Ζωή (Zōē), meaning “life,” aligning with Hebrew etymology.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

• Shifts tone from divine speech to human response.
• Completes the relational-human structure formed in 3:16–19 with a personal act of naming and acknowledgment.
• Prepares thematic link into genealogy (Genesis 4).

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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