Genesis 2 Vocab -- BIBL 2

Question 1

וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ

Answer 1

Gen 2:1 (כ־ל־י) Dp: to be completed, finished

Question 2

וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם׃

Answer 2

Gen 2:1 (צָבָא) host (here perhaps referring to the celestial host, i.e., stars, or to the multitudes of creation)

Question 3

מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ

Answer 3

Gen 2:2 (מְלָאכָה) work

Question 4

וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙

Answer 4

Gen 2:2 (שׁ־ב־ת) G: to cease, stop; to rest, celebrate (only one meaning is local to P, but which one?)

Question 5

וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ

Answer 5

Gen 2:3 (ק־ד־שׁ) D: to make holy, i.e., regard/treat as belonging to the deity; make inviolable/holy, sanctify

Question 6

תוֹלְד֧וֹת

Answer 6

Gen 2:4 (תּוֹלֵדוֹת) generations; (more generally) history

Question 7

שִׂ֣יחַ

Answer 7

Gen 2:5 (שִׂיחַ) bush, shrub (used collectively)

Question 8

טֶ֚רֶם

Answer 8

Gen 2:5 (טֶ֫רֶם) before

Question 9

יִצְמָ֑ח

Answer 9

Gen 2:5 (צ־מ־ח) G: to sprout, shoot up

Question 10

הִמְטִ֜יר

Answer 10

Gen 2:5 (מ־ט־ר) H: to (cause it to) rain, send rain

Question 11

וְאֵ֖ד

Answer 11

Gen 2:6 (אֵד) stream (or, perhaps, mist)

Question 12

וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה

Answer 12

Gen 2:6 (שׁ־ק־י) H: water, irrigate; (humans as obj.) give a drink to; (animals as obj.) water

Question 13

וַיִּיצֶר֩

Answer 13

Gen 2:7 (י־צ־ר) G: to form, fashion

Question 14

עָפָר֙

Answer 14

Gen 2:7 (עָפָר) dust, dry earth, soil

Question 15

וַיִּפַּ֥ח

Answer 15

Gen 2:7 (נ־פ־ח) G: to breath, blow, fan

Question 16

נִשְׁמַ֣ת

Answer 16

Gen 2:7 (נְשָׁמָה) breath

Question 17

וַיִּטַּ֞ע

Answer 17

Gen 2:8 (נ־ט־ע) G: to plant

Question 18

מִקֶּ֑דֶם

Answer 18

Gen 2:8 (קֶ֫דֶם) east (with preposed מן: “[positioned away] from, to, on, at]”); (by extension) antiquity

Question 19

וַיַּצְמַ֞ח

Answer 19

Gen 2:9 (צ־מ־ח) H: to cause to sprout/bud/grow

Question 20

נֶחְמָ֥ד

Answer 20

Gen 2:9 (ח־מ־ד) N: (ptcp. as adj.) desirable, delightful

Question 21

לְמַרְאֶ֖ה

Answer 21

Gen 2:9 (מַרְאֶה) (eye) sight, seeing; form, appearance

Question 22

לְמַאֲכָ֑ל

Answer 22

Gen 2:9 (מַאֲכָל) food, nourishment

Question 23

יִפָּרֵ֔ד

Answer 23

Gen 2:10 (פ־ר־ד) N: to be divided (pass.); to diverge (mid.)

Question 24

וְהָיָ֖ה

Answer 24

Gen 2:10 This is a waw-retentive imperfective of frequentative modality (as is יפרד above; compare with notes from Pardee’s “Nutshell”)

Question 25

רָאשִֽׁים׃

Answer 25

Gen 2:10 (ראֹשׁ) headwater, branch (of river) (< head, beginning [of river]) < head

Question 26

פִּישׁ֑וֹן

Answer 26

Gen 2:11 (פִּישׁוֹן) Pishon (one of the primeval rivers of Gen 1; not idenfitied with certainty, but DCH advances the Nile as a explicit possibility)

Question 27

הַסֹּבֵ֗ב

Answer 27

Gen 2:11 (ס־ב־ב) G: to go around, circumnavigate < surround

Question 28

הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה

Answer 28

Gen 2:11 (חֲוִילָה) Havilah (territory, perhaps east of Egypt)

Question 29

הַבְּדֹ֖לַח

Answer 29

Gen 2:12 (בְּדֹלַח) Bdellium (a fragrant gum/resin [plant product])

Question 30

וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃

Answer 30

Gen 2:12 (שֹׁ֫הַם) red carnelian (cf. Akk., Ugar.); (trad. Eng.) onyx (both semi-precious stones)

Question 31

גִּיח֑וֹן

Answer 31

Gen 2:13 (גִּיחוֹן) Gihon (second primeval river of Gen 1; lexically synonymous with a spring in/near Jerusalem)

Question 32

כּֽוּשׁ׃

Answer 32

Gen 2:13 (כּוּשׁ) Cush (territory associated with eponymous figure (b. Ham b. Noah); located in vicinity around Egypt or (perhaps) in the East

Question 33

חִדֶּ֔קֶל

Answer 33

Gen 2:14 (חִדֶּ֫קֶל) the Tigris

Question 34

קִדְמַ֣ת

Answer 34

Gen 2:14 ([קִדְמָה]) east

Question 35

אַשּׁ֑וּר

Answer 35

Gen 2:14 (אַשּׁוּר) Assyria (i.e., the land and/or the empire); Ashur (i.e., the city)

Question 36

פְרָֽת׃

Answer 36

Gen 2:14 (פְּרָת) Euphrates

Question 37

וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ

Answer 37

Gen 2:15 (נ־ו־ח) H class.b (showing doubled R1): to place, set down; cause to rest, lower

Question 38

וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃

Answer 38

Gen 2:15 (שׁ־מ־ר) G: keeep, have charge of, mind, tend (i.e., הגן)

Question 39

וַיְצַו֙ עַל־הָֽאָדָ֖ם

Answer 39

Gen 2:16 (צ־ו־י) D: to lay (as) a charge (with על: upon) < to command

Question 40

אֶֽעֱשֶׂהּ־לּ֥וֹ

Answer 40

Gen 2:18 The mappiq seems strange, but here it seems to be a cohortative marker

Question 41

עֵ֖זֶר

Answer 41

Gen 2:18 (עֵ֫זֶר) help, assistance, i.e., helper

Question 42

כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃

Answer 42

Gen 2:18 (נֶ֫גֶד) in front of; opposite; (over) against; (with preposed כ) corresponding to, fit for

Question 43

וַיִּקְרָ֨א…שֵׁמ֗וֹת

Answer 43

Gen 2:20 (ק־ר־א) G: (with שׁם as object) to give a name (to) < to call

Question 44

וַיַּפֵּל֩

Answer 44

Gen 2:21 (נ־פ־ל) H: to cause to fall (upon)

Question 45

תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה

Answer 45

Gen 2:21 (תַּרְדֵּמָה) deep sleep

Question 46

וַיִּישָׁ֑ן

Answer 46

Gen 2:21 (י־שׁ־ן) G: to be asleep, sleep, go to sleep

Question 47

מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו

Answer 47

Gen 2:21 (צֵלָע) rib < side (with preposed מן of partition [“one of…”[)

Question 48

וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃

Answer 48

Gen 2:21 (ס־ג־ר) G: to close up/over < to shut close (here, there is a question of whether the verb is trans. [subj. י״] or intrans. [subj. בשׁר])

Question 49

זֹ֣את הַפַּ֗עַם

Answer 49

Gen 2:23 (פַּ֫עַם) time, moment, occasion, occurrence (here, perhaps “finally,” “now,” after failed attempts to identify עֵזֶר) < step; stroke < foot

Question 50

לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת׃

Answer 50

Gen 2:23 (ל־ק־ח) Dp: to be taken/derived (from)

Question 51

עַל־כֵּן֙

Answer 51

Gen 2:24 (כֵּן) (compound) therefore, because of this, that is why

Question 52

וְדָבַ֣ק

Answer 52

Gen 2:24 (ד־ב־ק) G: to cling, adhere, keep close (with ב: to)

Question 53

עֲרוּמִּ֔ים

Answer 53

Gen 2:25 (עָרוֹם) naked

Question 54

יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ׃

Answer 54

Gen 2:25 (ב־ו־שׁ) Hitpolel: (appar.) to be ashamed of one another (DCH); to be ashamed in front of each other (HALOT; BDB)