Bit at a Time Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 3:13-14

Genesis 3:13-14

 

יג וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵל:

יד וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ:

 

Translation:    **** Gd said to the woman what is this you have done and the woman said The serpent led me astray and I ate.  **** Gd said to the serpent Because you have done this you are cursed beyond all the domestic animals and beyond all the wild animals, you shall go on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.

 

Vocabulary in this lesson:

הִשִּׁיאַנִי	Led me astray
אָרוּר	cursed
מִכָּל	Beyond every
גְּחֹנְךָ	Your belly
עָפָר	dust

 

“Led me astray” has the root nun shin alef making it one of those n-verbs that loses the nun in some forms.  In fact this is the hifil which, you remember from lesson 76 on Genesis 3:7-8, is what binyan?

 

I was going to give you ’khl before but better now than never. 

 

Present

Singular	Plural	Gender
אוֹכֵל	אוֹכְלִים	Masculine
אוֹכֶלֶת	אוֹכְלוֹת	Feminine

 

Past

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אָכַלְתִּי	אָכַלְנוּ	First
אָכַלְתָּ	אֲכַלְתֶּם	Second/masculine
אָכַלְתְּ	אֲכַלְתֶּן	Second/feminine
אָכַל	אָכְלוּ	Third/masculine
אָכְלָה	אָכְלוּ	Third/feminine

 

Future/aorist

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אוֹכַל	נוֹכַל	First
תֹּאכַל	תֹּאכְלוּ	Second/masculine
תֹּאכְלִי	תֹּאכַלְנָה	Second/feminine
יֹאכַל	יֹאכְלוּ	Third/masculine
תֹּאכְלִי	תֹּאכַלְנָה	Third/feminine

 

Answer to quiz: hifil is causative.  It’s one of those causatives that isn’t automatically a form of the meaning of the paal, because the paal means “reject.”  Psychologically, somebody who is led astray is led into doing wrong, so you could say that Chavvah is afraid that now Gd will reject her.

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