Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dianne Burke <biblestudy.burke AT gmail.com>]

Dear Ben,

Many thanks for your thorough answer.

Especially this bit:

'e`e:&eH-LoW           `eCeR         K:NeG:DoW       [&=Sin; C=tsodhe]
I-shall-make-for-him   a helper  as-one-by-his-side

Shalom,
Dianne Burke





On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Ben Crick <ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sat 20 Feb 2010 (15:27:46 +0800), biblestudy.burke AT gmail.com wrote:
> > Then he concludes by saying that the last Hebrew word-form in Genesis
> > 2:18, though sadly not indexed by the OLB, has a sense along the lines
> > of "as in-front-of him", which the KJV has given as "meet for him".
>
> 'e`e:&eH-LoW           `eCeR         K:NeG:DoW       [&=Sin; C=tsodhe]
> I-shall-make-for-him   a helper  as-one-by-his-side
>
> God brought the animals to Adam for him to name them. Apparently they
> all came in *pairs*: but for Adam there was no "pair". So God took a "rib"
> (CeLe`) from Adam's chest and cloned Eve from it. He only needed one cell
> for
> the DNA code, but he had to snip the Y chromosome and supply an extra X to
> make a female. (verse 21)
>
> Matthew Henry observes "not from his head to be her superior; not from
> his feet to be his inferior, but from his side to be his equal" (or words
> to
> that effect). Did Adam approve of Eve?  He was thrilled - Zo'T HaPPa`aM !
> he exclaimed: "WOW!!!"  He didn't know what had hit him like a hammer!
> The English versions vastly understate his reaction. (verse 23)
>
> The OLB you cite appears to be offering the "Strong's Numbers". These are
> useful, but not always a good guide. NeGeD is a segholate noun meaning the
> front part of the body. As a preposition, it means before, opposite, in
> front
> of, beside. In Genesis 2:18 God took the rib from his "chest", which is
> where
> one's ribs are!  The rib is the only bone which will regenerate itself
> after
> one is amputated.
>
> Shalom
> Ben
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