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Gen 3:8: "in the breeze of the day"

Says They hear אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן, "the sound (or voice) of the Lord God walking in the garden." מִתְהַלֵּךְ is a Hithpael participle (OSHB), which BDB glosses "walk, walk about, move to and fro." The same form is used of God among Israel in Deut 23:14 (MT 23:15), כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ ("For the Lord your God walks throughout your camp," BSB), and 2 Sam 7:6, וָאֶהְיֶה מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּאֹהֶל; Lev 26:12 has the Hithpael perfect וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי ("I will walk among you"). The time is לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם: BDB glosses the noun "breath, wind, spirit," the BSB "in the breeze of the day." The man and his wife hide בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן, a singular "tree" that the BSB renders "among the trees of the garden." Swete has τὸ δειλινόν, "toward evening."

Uncertain What לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם means. (1) The breeze of the afternoon or evening; grounds: the BSB and the Greek time-word. (2) "In the wind (storm) of the day," a theophany of judgment, with "the day" as a day of the Lord's coming; grounds: the noun as storm-wind; objection: the walking setting is calm. (3) "At the time of the wind," naming the hour only. No lean is taken here.

Claims

  • Saysמִתְהַלֵּךְ Hithpael participle (BDB "walk, walk about, move to and fro"), the same form of God in Deut 23:14 (MT 23:15) and 2 Sam 7:6, Lev 26:12 Hithpael perfect; לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם (BDB "breath, wind, spirit"); collective "tree"; Swete τὸ δειλινόν.
  • UncertainEvening breeze, storm-wind of judgment, or the hour only; no lean.

Citations

  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 3:8 (WLC/OSHB; morph HVtrmsa, HR/Ncbsc, HNcmsc)
  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Deut 23:14 (MT 23:15); 2 Sam 7:6; Lev 26:12 (WLC/OSHB)
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H1980, p. 229, entry e.bn.aa; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n252
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H7307, p. 924, entry t.bk.ab; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n947
  • LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 3:8. LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 1 (1901), p. 5 (leaf n36).
  • BSB public domain Gen 3:8; Deut 23:14; Lev 26:12
Sources OSHB CC BY 4.0 BSB public domain BDB CC BY 4.0 LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Bible Scholarship & Tool CC BY 4.0

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2026-11-10

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