Genesis

Genesis 2:5–6

⁵Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. ⁶But springs^c welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Footnotes

c 2:6 Or mist

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Genesis 2:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וְכֹ֣ל׀	wə·ḵōl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
shrub	שִׂ֣יחַ	śî·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7880 bush, shrub, plant
of the field	הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
had yet	טֶ֚רֶם	ṭe·rem	Adverb	H2962 not yet, ere, before that
appeared	יִֽהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
on the earth	בָאָ֔רֶץ	ḇā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
nor had any	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
plant	עֵ֥שֶׂב	‘ê·śeḇ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6212 herb, herbage
of the field	הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
sprouted	יִצְמָ֑ח	yiṣ·māḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6779 sprout, spring up
for	כִּי֩	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֤ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
God	אֱלֹהִים֙	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
had not	לֹ֨א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sent rain	הִמְטִ֜יר	him·ṭîr	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4305 rain
upon	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and	אַ֔יִן	’a·yin	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
man	וְאָדָ֣ם	wə·’ā·ḏām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
to cultivate	לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד	la·‘ă·ḇōḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5647 work, serve
the ground	הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land

Genesis 2:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But springs	וְאֵ֖ד	wə·’êḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H108 mist
welled up	יַֽעֲלֶ֣ה	ya·‘ă·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and watered	וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה	wə·hiš·qāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to
the whole	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
surface	פְּנֵֽי־	pə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the ground	הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land

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Genesis 2:5 Genesis 3:23 · Job 5:10 · Hebrews 6:7 · Genesis 4:12 · Genesis 1:11–12 · Genesis 4:2 · Job 38:26–28 · Psalm 135:7 · Jeremiah 14:22 · Psalm 104:14 · Matthew 5:45 · Psalm 65:9–11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.