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Genesis 2:4 tn The Hebrew phrase אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת (ʾelleh toledot) is traditionally translated as “these are the generations of” because the noun was derived from the verb “beget.” Its usage, however, shows that it introduces more than genealogies; it begins a narrative that traces what became of the entity or individual mentioned in the heading.
In the first chapter of Genesis we are told, "G‑d created man in his image, in the image of G‑d He created him, male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). According to the Midrash, Talmud and Zohar, the original man, Adam, was first created as a "double –faced" being, made up of a male and female joined at the back. Fused together ...
The word for woman: אִשָּׁה (eesha) was taken from the word man: אִישׁ (eesh). The difference in the names is the yud (in אִישׁ ) and the hay (in אִשָּׁה). Yud + hay = The abbreviated name for Adonai ( Yud hay Vav Hay) יְהוָ֨ה - Therefore, God placed God's name between man and woman.
Adam (“man of earth”), was the name of the first human-being whom G‑d formed out of soil taken from all parts of the earth. Then, G‑d created the first woman, Eve, to be Adam’s wife. G‑d blessed Adam and Eve, saying: “Be fruitful and multiply, cultivate the earth, and control it.
- Jacob Isaacs
The Creation of Man and Woman - This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when the LORD God made earth and heaven.
The “vav” [in וְכִבְשֻׁהָ] is missing, [allowing the word to be read וְכִבְשָׁה, the masculine singular imperative] to teach you that the male subdues the female that she should not be a gadabout (Gen. Rabbah 8:12), and it is also meant to teach you that the man, whose way it is to subdue, is commanded to propagate, but ...
Oct 28, 2016 · Eve, in her pun on the name Cain (ka’yin in Hebrew), uses a verb which can mean “acquire”, but also means to make or to create, and when it refers to God, always means “create.” She also uses the word ”ish” (man) to refer to the being she has borne.
