Genesis 2:7
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3335 [e]וַיִּיצֶר֩
way-yî-ṣer
And formedConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
3068 [e]יְהוָ֨ה
Yah-weh
YahwehN-proper-ms
430 [e]אֱלֹהִ֜ים
’ĕ-lō-hîm
GodN-mp
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
120 [e]הָֽאָדָ֗ם
hā-’ā-ḏām,
manArt | N-ms
6083 [e]עָפָר֙
‘ā-p̄ār
[from] the dustN-ms
4480 [e]מִן־
min-
ofPrep
127 [e]הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה
hā-’ă-ḏā-māh,
the groundArt | N-fs
5301 [e]וַיִּפַּ֥ח
way-yip-paḥ
and breathedConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
639 [e]בְּאַפָּ֖יו
bə-’ap-pāw
into his nostrilsPrep-b | N-mdc | 3ms
5397 [e]נִשְׁמַ֣ת
niš-maṯ
the breathN-fsc
2416 [e]חַיִּ֑ים
ḥay-yîm;
of lifeN-mp
1961 [e]וַֽיְהִ֥י
way-hî
and becameConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
120 [e]הָֽאָדָ֖ם
hā-’ā-ḏām
the manArt | N-ms
5315 [e]לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
lə-ne-p̄eš
a beingPrep-l | N-fs
2416 [e]חַיָּֽה׃
ḥay-yāh.
livingAdj-fs





















Hebrew Texts
בראשית 2:7 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃

בראשית 2:7 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
וייצר יהוה אלהים את־האדם עפר מן־האדמה ויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה׃

בראשית 2:7 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
וייצר יהוה אלהים את־האדם עפר מן־האדמה ויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה׃

בראשית 2:7 Hebrew Bible
וייצר יהוה אלהים את האדם עפר מן האדמה ויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

King James Bible
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
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formed man.

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of the dust. Heb. the dust of, etc. dust.

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Job 4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation …

Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead: I also am formed …

Psalm 103:14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:7,20 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a …

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit …

Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our …

Romans 9:20 No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing …

1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency …

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, …

and breathed.

Job 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Job 33:4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, …

Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, …

nostrils.

Genesis 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in …

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the …

Isaiah 2:22 Cease you from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein …

a living.

Numbers 16:22 And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits …

Numbers 27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over …

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward …

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, said the LORD, which …

1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; …

Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, …

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