Genesis 2:25 Go deeper

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (KJV)

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וַיִּֽהְי֤וּvai.yih.Yuand they were

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 1

שְׁנֵיהֶם֙she.nei.Hemboth of them

Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HAcbdc)

Meaning: two

Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 2

עֲרוּמִּ֔ים'a.ru.Mimnaked

Lemma: עָרוֹם (a.rom) · Strong's: H6174

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: naked

Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 19:24, Job 1:21, Job 22:6, Job 24:7, Job 24:10, Job 26:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6174; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 3

הָֽאָדָ֖םha.'a.Damthe man

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: the man (Adam)

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120H; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 4

וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹve.'ish.Toand wife his

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21, Genesis 4:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 5

וְלֹ֖אve.Lo'and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 6

יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ\׃yit.bo.Sha.shuthey were ashamed

Lemma: בּוֹשׁ (bush) · Strong's: H0954

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVti3mp)

Meaning: be ashamed

Used 126 times. Also: Exodus 32:1, Judges 3:25, Judges 5:28, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Kings 2:17, 2 Kings 8:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0954; TAHOT Genesis 2:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And the man	→	אָדָם H0120H the man (Adam)
and his wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
were	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
both	→	שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two
naked	→	עָרוֹם H6174 naked
and they were not	→	לֹא H3808 not
ashamed	→	בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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