Genesis 3:20 Go deeper

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. (KJV)

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וַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'and he called

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to call: call by

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 1

הָֽאָדָ֛םha.'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 3:20 word 2

שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name of

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 3

אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.Towife 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 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:21, Genesis 4:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 4

חַוָּ֑הcha.VahEve

Lemma: חַוָּה (chav.vah) · Strong's: H2332

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Eve

Used 2 times. Also: Genesis 4:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2332; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 5

כִּ֛יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 6

הִ֥ואhi'she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 7

הָֽיְתָ֖הha.ye.Tahshe was

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

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 3:20 word 8

אֵ֥ם'em[the] mother of

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

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

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53, Genesis 24:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 9

כָּל\־kol-every

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 10

חָֽי\׃Chailiving [person]

Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: alive

Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Genesis 3:20 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

And Adam	→	אָדָם H0120H the man (Adam)
named	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
his wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
Eve	→	חַוָּה H2332 Eve
because	→	כִּי H3588A for
she	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
would be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
the mother	→	אֵם H0517 mother
of all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
the living	→	חַי H2416A alive

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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