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Genesis 2:21

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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.	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;	And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 caused^H5307 a deep sleep^H8639 to fall^H5307 upon Adam^H121, and he slept^H3462: and he took^H3947 one^H259 of his ribs^H6763, and closed up^H5462 the flesh^H1320 instead thereof;

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּפֵּל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־הָאָדָם וַיִּישָׁן וַיִּקַּח אַחַת מִצַּלְעֹתָיו וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּפֵּל֩	va/i.ya.Pel	H5307	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he made fall
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱלֹהִ֧ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה	tar.de.Mah	H8639	HNcfsa	a deep sleep
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הָ/אָדָ֖ם	ha./'a.Dam	H120	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ man
וַ/יִּישָׁ֑ן	va/i.yi.Shan	H3462	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he fell asleep
וַ/יִּקַּ֗ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
אַחַת֙	'a.Chat	H259	HAcfsa	one
מִ/צַּלְעֹתָ֔י/ו	mi./tzal.'o.Ta/v	H6763	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	of/ ribs/ his
וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֥ר	va/i.yis.Gor	H5462	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he closed up
בָּשָׂ֖ר	ba.Sar	H1320	HNcmsa	flesh
תַּחְתֶּֽ/נָּה	tach.Te./nah	H8478	HR/Sp3fs	in place of/ it

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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Strong's References

• H121 — אָדָם (ʼÂdâm, aw-dawm'): the same as אָדָם; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine; Adam.
• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate; old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
• H5462 — סָגַר (çâgar, saw-gar'): a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender; close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.
• H6763 — צֵלָע (tsêlâʻ, tsay-law'): or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from צָלַע; 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); beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
• H8639 — תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardêmâh, tar-day-maw'): from רָדַם; a lethargy or (by implication) trance; deep sleep.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

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