“man should not be alone”
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
WORDS OF GOD IN RED
God says it will be good to make a partner for man.
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“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָ֣ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “said,” | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “It is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “not” | לֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “good” | ט֛וֹב | Good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well) | good |
| “that the man” | הָֽאָדָ֖ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “should be” | הֱי֥וֹת | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | should |
| “alone;” | לְבַדּ֑וֹ | Properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides | alone |
| “I will make” | אֶֽעֱשֶׂהּ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | make |
| “him an help meet” | עֵ֖זֶר | Aid | help meet |
| “for him.” | כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃ | A front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before | for him |
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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
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