Biblical Hebrew Forum

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I tend to think the phrase might best be understood as "to complement him," 
something along the lines of the yin and yang concept, with the idea of the 
two creating a balanced and harmonized 'oneness.'  After all, the central 
idea, both here and later, is the essential unity that should exist between 
husband and wife.  




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From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 9:58 pm
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:18 "help meet"


The phrase has the sense of the woman being a 'help' 'as his opposite'. In 
this particular case, the 'opposite' does not indicate an enemy or rival, but 
rather someone 'different'. When seen in light of the word 'help' I think we 
can safely say that the phrase means 'a help to match him'.GEORGE ATHASMoore 
Theological College (Sydney, 
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