Genesis 4:1
And the Red-one has perceived152 אֶת-Eve his woman, and she is conceiving and bearing אֶת-Spearhead,153 and saying, `I have bought154 a man אֶת-Yahweh.`155
| 152 | Strong’s #3045, yada. To perceive with the sight. Complete, perfect tense. To Be Known (Perceive with the Eyes) Adam has perceived Eve his woman. It is not that the Scriptures are equating sex with perception but rather, he is speaking seeing her. This happens after she receives her name. Prior to this she is an unknown, unnamed, woman. The separation between those whom he perceives and those whom he never knew has already happened, even as it is still coming. The chosen are perceiving He Is, “And we are perceiving—we are chasing after to perceive He Is” Hosea 6:3. Jeremiah speaks of understanding and knowing God using the infinitive verb forms, i.e. actively knowing/seeing rather than having known completely. He Is, on the other hand, has perceived completely. “For if in this one the One-who-makes-himself-shine is making himself shine having-insight and perceiving אֶת-me for myself is He Is, the one-who-makes a kindness, a judgement, and a justice in the Earth, for in these ones I have delighted, utters He Is…” Jeremiah 9:24 literal |