Genesis 2:5
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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שִׂיחַ
the shrub of
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שִׂיחַ
a shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e. (generally) shrubbery
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צָמַח
it was sprouting
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צָמַח
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
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טֶרֶם
not yet
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טֶרֶם
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
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עֶשֶׂב
the vegetation of
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עֶשֶׂב
grass (or any tender shoot)
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מָטַר
he had caused rain
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מָטַר
to rain
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