KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 2:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”
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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” | אֶֽת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | And |
| “the rib,” | הַצֵּלָ֛ע | A 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 object or the sky, i.e., quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e., a flooring) | rib |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֨ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀ | 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 |
| “had taken” | לָקַ֥ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | taken |
| “from” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | from |
| “man,” | הָֽאָדָ֖ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “made” | וַיִּבֶן֩ | To build (literally and figuratively) | made |
| “he a woman,” | לְאִשָּׁ֑ה | A woman | woman |
| “and brought” | וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | brought |
| “her unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | her unto |
| “the man.” | הָֽאָדָֽם׃ | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
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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.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 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.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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