Genesis 2:7
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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.Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
In other translations
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.Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Hebrew words
וַיִּיצֶרvaiyitzerand he formedH3335יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָדָםha'adamthe manH120עָפָר'afardustH6083מִן־min-fromH4480הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127וַיִּפַּחvaiyipachand he blewH5301בְּאַפָּיוbe'apavin nostrils hisH639נִשְׁמַתnishmat[the] breath ofH5397חַיִּיםchaiyimlifeH2416וַיְהִיvayhiand he becameH1961הָאָדָםha'adamthe manH120לְנֶפֶשׁlenefesh<into> a creatureH5315חַיָּה׃chaiyahlivingH2416
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Job 33:4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
- 1 Corinthians 15:47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
- Job 27:3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 7:22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
- Psalm 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
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