Genesis 2:4
A mighty one58a of begettings of the Dual-Heavenly-ones and of the Earth in their being cut out,58b in each hot-one, those who make58c Yahweh59 elohim of earth and dual-heavenly-ones.
Footnote:
| 58b | The Hebrew בהבראם (be-hibbara'am) can be translated as "in their/themselves being cut out" as a Niphal passive with the direct object suffix "them". This construct occurs here and also in Genesis 5:2. It seems odd to have a direct object suffix with a passive form because in Hebrew, passive Niphal verbs typically do not take direct object suffixes. But the entire word "within them being cut out/created" seems to give a unique sense. "ב" (be) - preposition meaning "in" or "by." "הבראם" (hibbara'am) הבראם is derived from the root "ברא" (bara), meaning "to cut out," in the Niphal Infinitive, indicating the passive "being cut out/created." |