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Genesis 2:9

וַ יַּצְמַח יְהוָה אֶלֹהִים מִן הָ אֲדָמָה כָּל עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְ מַרְאֶה וְ טֹוב לְ מַאֲכָל וְ עֵץ הַ חַיִּים בְּ תֹוךְ הַ גָּן וְ עֵץ הַ דַּעַת טֹוב וָ רָע
And Yahweh is causing to sprout elohim from out of the Red-one the whole of a wood, him-who-is-desirable to the sight,67
and a good one for a food,
and the Wood of the Living-ones68 is in the middle of the Enclosure,
and the Wood is the Perception of69 a good one and ruined-one.70
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Hebrew נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה. Masculine singular Niphal reflexive participle of verb to desire = he who is being desired.