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Genesis 2:7

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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.	And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.	And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335 man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of^H4480 the ground^H127, and breathed^H5301 into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life^H2416; and man^H120 became a living^H2416 soul^H5315.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּיצֶר֩	va/i.yi.Tzer	H3335	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he formed
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱלֹהִ֜ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָֽ/אָדָ֗ם	ha./'a.Dam	H120	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ man
עָפָר֙	'a.Far	H6083	HNcmsa	dust
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה	ha./'a.da.Mah	H127	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ ground
וַ/יִּפַּ֥ח	va/i.yi.Pach	H5301	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he blew
בְּ/אַפָּ֖י/ו	be./'a.Pa/v	H639	HR/Ncmdc/Sp3ms	in/ nostrils/ his
נִשְׁמַ֣ת	nish.Mat	H5397	HNcfsc	(the) breath of
חַיִּ֑ים	chai.Yim	H2416	HNcmpa	life
וַֽ/יְהִ֥י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he became
הָֽ/אָדָ֖ם	ha./'a.Dam	H120	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ man
לְ/נֶ֥פֶשׁ	le./Ne.fesh	H5315	HR/Ncbsa	(into)/ a creature
חַיָּֽה	chai.Yah	H2416	HAafsa	living

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
• 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.
• H639 — אַף (ʼaph, af): from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• 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.
• H3335 — יָצַר (yâtsar, yaw-tsar'): probably identical with יָצַר (through the squeezing into shape); (compare יַצַע); to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution); [idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5301 — נָפַח (nâphach, naw-fakh'): a primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem); blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
• H5397 — נְשָׁמָה (nᵉshâmâh, nesh-aw-maw'): from נָשַׁם; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal; blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
• H6083 — עָפָר (ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'): from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

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

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a living — Numbers 16:22, Numbers 27:16, Proverbs 20:27, Zechariah 12:1, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Hebrews 12:9
• and breathed — Job 27:3, Job 33:4, John 20:22, Acts 17:25
• dust — Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:23, Job 4:19, Job 33:6, Psalms 103:14, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Isaiah 64:8, Romans 9:20, 1 Corinthians 15:47, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 5:1
• formed man — Psalms 100:3, Psalms 139:14-15, Isaiah 64:8
• nostrils — Genesis 7:22, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Isaiah 2:22

Reciprocal references (21): Genesis 6:17, Genesis 18:27, Job 10:9, Job 12:10, Job 13:12, Job 35:11, Psalms 8:5, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 146:4, Isaiah 42:5, Lamentations 4:20, Ezekiel 10:17, Ezekiel 37:5, Daniel 5:23, Malachi 2:15, Luke 3:38, Luke 11:40, John 6:63, 1 Timothy 2:13, Revelation 11:11, Revelation 13:15

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BREATH OF LIFE, CREATOR, DUST, LIFE-DEATH, NOSTRILS
• Torrey’s: EARTH, THE, LIFE, NATURAL, MAN
• Nave’s: ADAM, BREATH, DUST, GOD, GROUND, LIFE, MAN, QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS

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