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Genesis 5:2
“Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זָכָרzâkâr · zaw-kawr'
H2145 · Hebrew
H2145 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
- Derivation
- from H2142 (זָכַר);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).
- Grammar
- זָכָ֥ר — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 82 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:27Genesis 6:19Genesis 7:3Genesis 7:9Genesis 7:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָכָר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.