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Genesis 2:21 Interlinear

caused And the LORD God a deep sleep and he slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּפֵּל֩H5307causedto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
2יְהוָ֨הH3068And the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀H430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
4תַּרְדֵּמָ֛הH8639a deep sleepa lethargy or (by implication) trance
5עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6הָאָדָ֖םH120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
7וַיִּישָׁ֑ןH3462and he sleptproperly, to be slack or languid, i.e., (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
8וַיִּקַּ֗חH3947and he tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
9אַחַת֙H259oneproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
10מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יוH6763of his ribsa rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e., leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an obje
11וַיִּסְגֹּ֥רH5462and closed upto shut up; figuratively, to surrender
12בָּשָׂ֖רH1320the fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
13תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc

Verse Context

Genesis 2:20gave And Adam names to all cattle and to the fowl...
Genesis 2:21 (current)caused And the LORD God a deep sleep and he slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh
Genesis 2:22made which the LORD God And the rib ...

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