Genesis 2:23
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
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ASV
And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
KJV
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֮ | vai.yo.Mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הָֽאָדָם֒ | ha.'a.Dam | the man | H120 → |
| זֹ֣את | zot | this [one] | H2063 → |
| הַפַּ֗עַם | ha.Pa.'am | this time | H6471 → |
| עֶ֚צֶם | 'E.tzem | [is] bone | H6106 → |
| מֵֽעֲצָמַ֔י | me.'a.tza.Mai | from bones my | H6106 → |
| וּבָשָׂ֖ר | u.va.Sar | and flesh | H1320 → |
| מִבְּשָׂרִ֑י | mi.be.sa.Ri | from flesh my | H1320 → |
| לְזֹאת֙ | le.zoT | to this [one] | H2063 → |
| יִקָּרֵ֣א | yi.ka.Re' | <it> will be called | H7121 → |
| אִשָּׁ֔ה | 'i.Shah | woman | H802 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| מֵאִ֖ישׁ | me.'Ish | from a man | H376 → |
| לֻֽקֳחָה־ | lu.ko.chah- | she was taken | H3947 → |
| זֹּֽאת׃ | Zot | this [one] | H2063 → |
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