Genesis 2:21
וַ יַּפֵּל יְהוָה אֶלֹהִים תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל הָ אָדָם וַ יִּישָׁן וַ יִּקַּח אַחַת מִ צַּלְעֹתָיו וַ יִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה
And Yahweh is causing elohim to fall, a dead-sleep96 upon the Red-one, and he is sleeping, and he is taking one of his ribs,97 and is shutting up flesh underneath her.98
| 98 | shuts up…underneath her. Strong’s #5642, sagar, means “close or shut” as in closing a door or gate, and the very same construct used here (he shuts) is used in Genesis 7:16. Hebrew tachtenah. Strong’s #8478. This word has the feminine singular suffix, which is also a directional suffix. The word is sometimes translated “in its place” but means literally “underneath” and is also indicative of the belly from which the rib is taken. The picture is a riddle. Maybe Paul knows it, “but the Writing did shut up [sugkleió - enclose, shut together] the whole [Flesh] under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those-ones believing [the rib?].” (Galatians 3:22 YLT) |