Genesis 2:23
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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.And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
In other translations
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.And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הָאָדָםha'adamthe manH120זֹאתzotthis [one]H2063הַפַּעַםhapa'amthis timeH6471עֶצֶם'etzem[is] boneH6106מֵעֲצָמַיme'atzamaifrom bones myH6106וּבָשָׂרuvasarand fleshH1320מִבְּשָׂרִיmibesarifrom flesh myH1320לְזֹאתlezotto this [one]H2063יִקָּרֵאyikare'<it> will be calledH7121אִשָּׁה'ishahwomanH802כִּיkiforH3588מֵאִישׁme'ishfrom a manH376לֻקֳחָה־lukochah-she was takenH3947זֹּאת׃zotthis [one]H2063
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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