Not Good Becomes Adam

Hebrew Without Vowels or Accents

The text of Genesis 2: 18 to 22 appears as follows:

Samaritan Targum Interlinear Translation

Here’s the interlinear translation of Genesis 2:18 to 22 from tanakh.info:

Facts About Hebrew

We can add the following to our facts about Hebrew:

133. The word low לו in Gen. 2:18 is not assigned a Strong’s number, but in other instances is identified as lu לו (Strong’s 3863 22 occurrences) that means ‘if, if only’. 

134. The noun ezer עזר (Strong’s 5828 21 occurrences) means ‘help’, from the noun oz עז (Strong’s 5797 92 occurrences) that means ‘strength, might’, the resh suffix incorporates the element of headship, which is always used of Yahweh’s ‘help’ except in the mistranslated text of Gen. 2:18 & 20 where it appear to be used in reference to the woman as the man’s ‘helper’.

135. The verb bo בוא (Strong’s 935 2573 occurrences) often found in the form בא, mostly translated as ‘come/came’, similar in form to biah באה (Strong’s 872 1 occurrence) that means ‘an entrance, entry’.

136. We had accepted in fact #79 that the verb raah ראה  (Strong’s 7200 – 1306 occurrences) means ‘to see’, but the resh prefix indicates the beginning, origin, starting point of ‘seeing’, perhaps ‘observing’. 

137. The word mah מה  (Strong’s 4100 745 occurrences) is often translated as ‘what’, but used by God to question the woman saying “what (mah) have you done” Gen. 3:13, Cain “why are you angry” and “why has your countenance fallen” in Gen. 4:6 & 10. 

138. The verb qara קרא (Strong’s 7121 734 occurrences) means ‘to call, proclaim’, used in Gen. 1: 5, 8 & 10 of God calling the darkness – night, the expanse – heaven, the dry land – earth, and the waters – seas. 

139. The noun mots  מצ (Strong’s 4671 8 occurrences) means ‘extortioner’ and is translated as ‘chaff’, is the root of the verb matsa מצא (Strong’s 4672 455 occurrences), the aleph suffix indicates 1^st person singular.

140. The noun tardemah תרדמה (Strong’s 8639 7 occurrences) is from the verb radam רדם (Strong’s 7290 7 occurrences) that means ‘dead sleep’, from a primitive root that means ‘stupefy (with sleep or death).  Similar to radah רדה (Strong’s 7287 27 occurrences) that means ‘chastise, tread, trample’ but is often translated as ‘rule, have dominion’ in Gen. 1: 26 & 28.

141. The noun tsela צלע (Strong’s 6763 41 occurrences) means ‘side’, the same as tsela צלע (Strong’s 6761 3 occurrences) that means ‘limping, stumbling, figurative of calamity’, and tsala צלע (Strong’s 6760 4 occurrences) that means ‘lame, limp’.

142. The verb sagar סגר (Strong’s 5462 91 occurrences) means ‘close, isolate, quarantine’ often translated as ‘shut’. 

143. The noun basar בשר (Strong’s 1320 270 occurrences) means ‘flesh’, the same as the verb basar  בשר (Strong’s 1319 24 occurrences) allegedly means ‘to preach, announce good news of salvation’, which is unlikely given the disparate meaning which doesn’t fit the context of ‘flesh’.  For example, Yahweh promised to “pour out my spirit upon all flesh (basar)” in Joel 2:28.

144. The noun tachath תחת (Strong’s 8478 504 occurrences) means ‘underneath, below’.

145. The noun  ishshah אשה (Strong’s 802 781 occurrences), is the same as ishsheh אשה (Strong’s 801 65 occurrences) that means ‘offering by fire, made by fire’, that in Numbers 28:9 has a sweet aroma to Yahweh.  The root is the noun esh אש (Strong’s 784) that means ‘a fire’, with the he suffix that ‘expresses the concept of movement toward the word’, thus ishshah and ishsheh mean ‘toward fire’.   Since Yahweh יהוה is like a consuming fire (Exodus 3:2 & 24:17), it isn’t a stretch to conclude ishshah and ishsheh mean ’toward Yahweh’. 

It is an error to translate ishshah as ‘woman’, making it appear ishshah is a lesser version of the man (adam), when ishshah are the building stones of Yahweh’s temple Gen. 2:12, built from the lame side taken from the man Gen. 2:22.  To avoid confusion, I will use the term ‘woman’ but include ‘mighty toward fire’ in brackets to draw attention to the enormity of this corrupt translation and acknowledge the true nature of ishshah, which is the opposite of the mighty one (ish) who is a corruption of Yahweh’s fire, a mighty one against Yahweh and his people.

Constructing the Sentences

Let’s construct the sentences:

Gen. 2:18  The subject ‘Yahweh gods’, verb ‘say’, and object ‘not good become the man’, compound verbs ‘separation make’ and ‘help’, and object ‘opposite’.

Gen. 2:19  The subject ‘Yahweh gods’, verb ‘formed’, and object ‘from the ground every living the field and every bird the air’, and a second verb ‘entered upon’, and object ‘the man’, and a third verb ‘to observe’ and object ‘what proclaim . . . the man soul living name/fame’.

Gen. 2:20  The subject ‘The man’, compound verbs ‘observe’ and ‘appoint’, and object ‘names to every cattle and to birds the air and to every living the field’, and a second subject ‘to man’,  verbs ‘chaff (mistranslated as ‘found’) and ‘help (mistranslated as ‘helper’), and object ‘opposite (mistranslated as ‘suitable’.

Gen. 2:21  The subject ‘Yahweh gods’, compound verbs ‘cast down’ and ‘chastise’, and object ‘upon the man’, and compound verbs ‘slept’ and ‘seized’, and object ‘kindred from lame side, and verb ‘isolate’, and object ‘flesh underneath’. 

Gen. 2:22  The subject ‘Yahweh gods’, verb ‘build/repair’, and object ‘the lame side’, second verb ‘seized’, and object ‘from the man to woman (mighty toward fire)’, and a third verb ‘come’, and object ‘upon the man’.

Translation

And say Yahweh Gods “not good become the man, separation I will make if only help opposite”.  And formed Yahweh gods from the ground every living the field and every bird the air and entered upon the man to first see what proclaim if and all lord proclaim if the man soul living his name/fame.  And observe the man names to every cattle and to birds the air and to every living the field and to man not chaff help opposite.  And cast down Yahweh gods chastise upon the man and he slept and seized kindred from lame side and isolate flesh underneath.  And build/repair Yahweh gods the lame side seized from the man to woman (mighty toward fire) and come upon the man. 

Analysis

The common translation of Genesis 2:18 is very different from the text.  In ALL Bibles it is translated as “it is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him”, when the text really says  Yahweh identified the man (adam) as being ‘not good’, and a ‘separation’ (see fact #123) necessary, if only (see fact #133) to help/save (see fact #134) opposite (see fact #41).   Ishshah is the opposite of ish, as stated in fact #144.  This mistranslation works in conjunction with the rib fable, to make it appear God made the woman (toward fire) from the man (adam), for the man (ish), to support Patriarchy which is the foundation of organized religion and society.

It does NOT say the man named the animals in Gen. 2:19!  It says Yahweh formed ‘from the ground every living (see fact #24) the field and every bird the air’, then Yahweh gods ‘entered (see fact #135) upon the man to observe (see fact #136) what God would call (see fact #138) the man, HIS name/fame (see fact #94 – translated as its name but in the same singular form שמו in Gen. 4:26 is translated as ‘his name’) .  The new living and birds formed in Gen. 2:19 are not from the dust/ashes/rubbish (aphar see fact #68) like the man (adam) was in Gen. 2:7, indicating they are not as lowly as the man. 

I have stroked out Gen. 2:20 because it shows evidence of being an interpolation.  It indicates the man named the cattle (behemah see fact #31) and birds, to support his supremacy over God’s creation, contradicting v. 19 which states God is observing the man to decide his name/fame, and v. 21 – 22 where the ishshah, mistranslated as ‘woman’, is now separate from the man (adam) who is an ish, ‘mighty corrupt one’ mistranslated as ‘husband, man’.  The end of the sentence is translated ‘not found helper suitable’ when it says ‘not chaff (see fact #139) help opposite’, to shore up the mistranslation of v. 18. 

In Gen. 2:21 And cast down (see fact #126) Yahweh gods chastise upon the man and he slept (see The Real Meaning of Numbers 1 to 7 under heading Two or Sleep (in death)) and seized (see fact #115) kindred (echad – see The Real Meaning of Numbers 1 to 7 under heading One or Apart) from lame side (see fact #141) and isolate (see fact #142) flesh underneath.  Then in Gen. 2:22 And build/repair (see fact #105) Yahweh gods the lame side seized from the man to woman (mighty toward fire) (see fact #145) and observe (see fact #135) upon the man. 

Birds represent God’s people who make their nests in the boughs of the mighty ones, and remain on their branches even after they are destroyed Ezek. 31:6 & 13.  When judgment takes place, mighty ones like Pharaoh are given for food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the heavens Ezek 29: 5, birds that fly in mid-heaven are called to the great supper of God to eat the flesh of kings, commanders and mighty men and their horses in Rev 19: 17 & 18.

Next we will look at Genesis 2:23 – 24.