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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?
  • Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:03:45 +0200

Yes Kenneth, the noun "gan" in verse 15 is feminine, so theoretically the object of "mot tamut" at the end of verse 17 COULD be the garden. However, from a contextual point of view this is a stretch: the object of verse 16 is the man, and verse 17 is a direct extention of verse 16. If the author had intended that the garden would die, he would have said so specifically. Besides, where in scripture is a garden (or any plant) ever refered to as "dying"?


Yigal Levin

----- Original Message ----- From: "kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:51 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:15 and 2:17 is garden feminine?


In Genesis 2:17, G-d said to Adam that in the day that Adam eats from the
tree of knowledge, "you will die". Could it say that in that day "she (the
garden) will die"? Genesis 2:15 uses the letter hay "her" and not "vav"
"him" about Adam watching the garden and dressing it. Is garden feminine in
this quote?

Kenneth Greifer
USA

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