Genesis 2:8

Genesis 2:8

וַיִּטַּע יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים גַּן־בְעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם
5193 3068 430 1588 5731 6924 7760 8033
אֶת־הָֽאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָֽר׃
852 120 834 3335

The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. NASB

And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden from the east, and He placed there the man whom He had formed. Traditional Jewish Translation

5193 – 5194 –וַיִּטַּע– vayata – to strike in, i.e. fix, to plant; a plant, a plantation, a planting.

3068 – 3069 –יְהוָה– Yahweh – self existent or eternal; name of the creator.

430 –אֱלֹהִים– Elohim – Magistrates.

1588 –גַּן– gan – a garden (as fenced).

5728 – 5732 –בְעֵדֶן– ba-aden – to be soft, or pleasant, to live voluptuously; till now; pleasure; a place in Mesopotamia; Eden; a set time, a year.

6923 – 6925 –מִקֶּדֶם– maqadam – to project (one self), precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help); the front, a place (the fore part, rel. the East) or time (antiquity), before, anciently, eastward.

7760 – 7762 –וַיָּשֶׂם– vayasum – to put; to exhale; garlic.

8033 – 8036 –שָׁם– shem – there, then; often thither or thence; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; honor, authority, character; a name; Shem; to name.

852 – 855 –אֶת– ath – A portent, (derived from 226) a sense of entity, prop. Self, used to point out more def. the object of a verb. Nearness, near; hence gen. with, by at, among, etc. a hoe or other digging implement.

119 – 124 –הָֽאָדָם– ha-adam – to show blood (in the face) i.e. flush or turn rosy; ruddy, i.e. a human being; a name; rosy; shorten form of ~wda (mwda) Edom, a name; redness, i.e. the ruby, garnet or some other red gem.

834 – אֲשֶׁר – ashar –
8. (relative part.)
a. which, who
b. that which
9. (conj)
a. that (in obj clause)
b. when
c. since
d. as
e. conditional if.

3334 – 3338 –יָצָֽר– yastar – to press, to be narrow, be in distress; to mould; espec. As a potter; to determine; form, conception; a name Yester (Jezer); structure; limb or part.


The Magistrates Yahweh planted a garden in Eden from the east, there he put the humans he formed.