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Genesis 3:10

וַ יֹּאמֶר אֶת קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּ גָּן וָ אִירָא כִּי עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָ אֵחָבֵא
And he is saying, `I have heard אֶת-your voice in the Enclosure, and I am fearing, for naked is myself,122 and I am hiding-myself.`123
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Myself

Strong’s #595, anoki. This is the stand-alone Hebrew for I, that is, myself. The first-person singular is typically built into Hebrew verb constructs, unless the authors are emphasizing something. It occurs 359 times. The mystery here is, was Adam naked? Or was his self naked?

So also men ought to love the women of themselves as the bodies of themselves. The one loving the woman of himself, loves himself.” Eph. 5:28 literal

Adam then ends his response with the Niphal reflexive of the verb to hide, hence “I hide myself.” In Genesis 9:22 we find more to learn about this mystery.