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Did Eve Acquire, Create, or Procreate with Yahweh? A Grammatical and Contextual Reassessment Of קנה in Genesis 4:1
Abstract
Eve’s statement that she had קנה a man in Genesis 4:1 has been the subject of considerable academic debate. A grammatical reassessment of the Semitic root qnh/qny, as well as a contextual analysis of Eve’s expression קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת־יְהוָה supports a reading for Genesis 4:1b as “I have procreated a man with Yahweh.” This observation illustrates that some biblical authors perceived their deity as an active creative agent in the mysterious process of human conception, a view that accords with Yahweh’s participatory role in the tradition of Isaac’s conception in Genesis 21:1-3.1
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- Authors
- Bokovoy, D. E.
- Affiliations
- Brandeis University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bokovoy, David E.
- Venue
- Vetus Testamentum
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 19-35
- ISSN
- 0042-4935 (ISSN-L)
- 1568-5330
- OpenAlex
- W2009128759
- Semantic Scholar
- 70398fdee1a9e75c700fa21b5b0e1ee0a7df1fb9
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 7.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Vetus Testamentum (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Keywords
- Eve, Yahweh, biblical Hebrew grammar, human reproduction, human conception, Genesis 3
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