language · Gen 2:25 · ✓ Approved
Gen 2:25: naked and not ashamed
Says Gen 2:25 reads וַיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים, "and the two of them were naked," הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ; BDB glosses the adjective "naked." They וְלֹא יִתְבֹּשָׁשׁוּ, a reflexive stem of the verb "be ashamed" (OSHB: Hithpolel), which BDB glosses "ashamed before one another." The BSB has "they were not ashamed." Swete's Greek text numbers this verse 3:1 and reads καὶ ἦσαν οἱ δύο γυμνοί.
Says The next verse calls the serpent עָרוּם, "crafty," a word that sounds like עֲרוּמִּים. The link is noted as a pointer to Genesis 3, where it is treated; no view is taken here on its purpose.
Claims
- Saysוַיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים (BDB "naked"); יִתְבֹּשָׁשׁוּ reflexive stem (OSHB Hithpolel; BDB "ashamed before one another"); Swete numbers the verse 3:1.
- Saysעָרוּם "crafty" (3:1) sounds like עֲרוּמִּים; pointer to Genesis 3 only.
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 2:25; 3:1 (WLC/OSHB; morph HAcmdc/Sp3mp, HAampa, HVri3mp)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H6174, p. 736, entry p.bq.ad; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n759
- BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H954, p. 101, entry b.ax.aa; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n124
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Swete 3:1 (ENG 2:25). LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 1 (1901), p. 4 (leaf n35) (Swete numbers ENG 2:25 as 3:1).
- BSB public domain Gen 2:25
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