Showing posts with label Genesis 2:7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genesis 2:7. Show all posts

Sunday, September 01, 2013

Genesis 2:7 in Hebrew

Do you like these?  (Read the second line from right to left)

וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים
    God       YHWH   and formed

"And YHWH God formed..."

אֶת־הָֽאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה
the ground    from   dust     the man    [direct object marker]

"... the man [from] the dust of the ground..."

וַיִּפַּח   בְּאַפָּיו  נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים 
   life         breath of    his nostrils in    and he breathed

"And he breathed in his nostrils the breath of life..."

וַֽיְהִי הָֽאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּֽה
living  soul [a] to   the man   and he was

"... and the man became a living soul."