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Genesis 2:9

And Yahweh elohim is sprouting from out of the Red-one every wood, him-who-is-desirable to the sight,67 and a good one for food, and a wood of the Living-ones68 is in the center of the Enclosure, and a wood of the Perception of good, and a ruined-one.70

Footnote:

69

These words are fill words not found in the Hebrew. Because “Perception/Knowledge” here has a definite article it is referring to something specific—something concrete, hence “tree of knowledge” seems forced whereas “the wood is the Knowledge of” seems more syntactically appropriate as it not normal for Ancient Hebrew to compress so many nouns into one object, if it ever does. Syntax should take precedence over semantics, since semantics are based on syntax and not the other way around. There is a “dual-life” associated with this wood as well. Tradition has always played the primary role in how humanity has read these texts. Could we have completely missed the cryptic intentions of these writings?