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Genesis 2

Gen. 2:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And every plant
siyach (Hebrew #7880)
a shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e. (generally) shrubbery
KJV usage: bush, plant, shrub.
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: from 7878
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
before
terem (Hebrew #2962)
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
KJV usage: before, ere, not yet.
Pronounce: teh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend
it was in the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and every herb
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
before
terem (Hebrew #2962)
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
KJV usage: before, ere, not yet.
Pronounce: teh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend
it grew
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
: for
kiy (Hebrew #3588)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
KJV usage: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al- )though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
Pronounce: kee
Origin: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
had not
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
caused it to rain
matar (Hebrew #4305)
to rain
KJV usage: (cause to) rain (upon).
Pronounce: maw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and there was not
'ayin (Hebrew #369)
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
KJV usage: else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare 370.
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist
a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
to till
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
the ground
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
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Earth,
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Man,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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plant.
Gen. 1:12• 12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:12)
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Psa. 104:14• 14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; (Psa. 104:14)
had not.
Job 5:10• 10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: (Job 5:10)
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Job 38:26‑28• 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? (Job 38:26‑28)
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Psa. 65:9‑11• 9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
 10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. (Psa. 65:9‑11)
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Psa. 135:7• 7He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. (Psa. 135:7)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Matt. 5:45• 45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matt. 5:45)
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Heb. 6:7• 7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: (Heb. 6:7)
to till.
Gen. 3:23• 23Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. (Gen. 3:23)
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Gen. 4:2,12• 2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (Gen. 4:2,12)
• It seems clear that it is the description of plants and herbs of the third day's production, before man, the head of creation, appeared. Like man they were of full growth, and not from seed as ever since (“Genesis 2:5-7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grewi; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "no shrub ... was yet in the earth and no herb ... had yet grown."

W. Kelly Translation

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And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grewa; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field was yet grown; for" &c. Many Jews make a full stop in the middle of ver. 4, and begin, "On the day Jehovah Elohim made. . ."