Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Chris and Nel" <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net>]

Genesis 2:23 - "...she shall be called woman".  YiQaReA (niphal), I had 
expected the feminine here.  It seems that there is a subliminal message in 
this declaration by Adam, in that whereas he began the statement with "ZOT" 
(this, feminine) he now refers to the woman with the masculine, signifying 
perhaps the reference to the fact that she(he?) was from HIS flesh and with 
that he shows that he recognizes what has just taken place.  Am I making a 
fool of myself here?

Chris
Ireland.