How Adam's "Rib" is Mistranslated
How Adam's "Rib" is Mistranslated
You may have heard that in the Bible Eve was created from Adam’s “rib.” As it turns out, the translation of the word “rib” from Hebrew to English may have been a little… off. In the Hebrew text of the Bible, the word used to describe the body part taken from Adam to create Eve is “tsela.” While this word can be translated as “rib,” it more accurately means “side” or “part of the body.” This is supported by the fact that in all other instances where “tsela” appears in the Bible, it refers to a side or a part of something, rather than a literal rib. So, it’s possible that the word was mistranslated due to cultural biases or assumptions about gender roles in early translations of the Bible
Your enthusiasm should not blind you, my man.
tsela’ means not only "side" but also "curved". Thus the translation of "rib" is not ridiculous ! Rib is what closely protects the lungs and the heart!
Also it doesn’t necessarily specify "half", tsela’ is used for side of a triangle, quarter of a sky, a plank from a floor, the handrail, leaf of a DOOR.
Its all a stupid fantasy. Adam and Eve. Garden of eden. God make everything in 6 days. Its so utterly ridiculous. If you truly believe in this nonsense insanity you belong in a mental hospital
I like your videos, but I feel like they dont go very in depth. I also watched your video on the Woman as an "Ezer" and I feel the same way. I like what you’re trying to do by promoting equality and looking at these things in the Bible, but maybe you could also discuss what it DOES mean. What does it really mean that the Woman is an "ezer", what does it really mean that she was formed from a "tsela" and not an "ala"? I’d really love to see you go more in depth 🙂
This dude doesn’t know church history
This is jewish rabbinical tradition. Jewish people also believe women are suboridniate, so your claims are stupid that this is due to massagani. Sota 20a, “Rabbi Eliezer says: Anyone who teaches his daughter Torah is teaching her promiscuity.”
Jewish traditional teaching supports miso soup. According to the same rabbinical tradition that states eve was adams side, it also says adam was extremely long, spanning from east to west. This tradition also supports the whole misogyny thing when it says that Adams first wife, Lillith, was trying to be equal to a man. What does God do upon hearing of this? He banishes her to hell, making her the first female demon.
This low-information voter’s answer to everything is misogyny. That’s what you get when you have a third-grade dropout posting videos on YouTube.
Amazing how liars always wanna discredit the bible and pish their feminist agenda
wtf is this woke crap
Took a feminist misandric mind to make that leap. I will have my tsela back thanks!
A part/side/half from Adam. Or….
From his XY chromosome God took the X to form the female XX chromosome.
It’s not literal history so it doesn’t matter at all. It’s a fairy tale from thousands of years ago and back then they probably didn’t care if people in 2025 would think it was sexist. Find a hobby.
Misogyny? LOL!!!
Look up dna and ribs
Actually Tsela would have probably meant rib here, but Tsela was chosen due to the fact that it points to structural integrity. Showing that man needs woman. Rib has always been assummed to be what Tsela was refferring to, not just in the modern world but by the oldest accounts we can find, however that doesnt mean people didnt ignore the point od using Tsela for the sake of propping up a world view, but as far as record of events, it probably was in fact a rib.
“You kind of like the vibe of eve coming from this tiny insignificant rib”… who said that’s tiny or insignificant beside you… also who is the YOU ur taking about, ur audience?? It should be them or they… you got inner peace to find, seek Jesus. Let me just say the translation can 1000% be off, but ur intent here is clearly misguided..
What a moronic view. She was taken from part of Adam yet he was made from dust. Sounds like he’s the lesser of the two.
Well I think it actually works out worse for women and makes a lot of sense…
I’ll take a rack of BBQ Alas with a tsela of potato salad.
Hi
There is neither, Jew, nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is an either male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28
“Rib” doesn’t sound like too bad of a translation.
Chapter 2 verse 21 says that God took one of his “ribs” and closed up the flesh. But if we translate it that God took one of Adam’s “sides” and then closed up the flesh, Adam would look pretty weird walking around with only one side. Taking a rub and closing up the flesh would leave Adam pretty well intact and fully functional. It seems that the word “rib” would probably be the more likely intent of the word, judging by the context.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by His grace through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24
Owe no man anything, but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
The Bible said that God created Eve so Adam could have a helper. And companionship but as a helper. That’s not misogyny that just makes sense. The irony is that his “helper” fed him forbidden fruit so how much of a helper was she lol
You cannot comprehend the Bible if you don’t know Hebrew. Translations are off, also there’s cryptic messages in hebrew that can’t be translated.
From the side of the first Adam, a bride, was created – woman. From the side of the Second Adam (Yeshua), the bride was created – His people (the Church, Jew and Gentile). Through the side that shed blood and water symbolizing sacrifice and cleansing.
Thanks for the video
Tzela is used in modern Hebraw in math like a tzela is the side of triangels
I love this insights. Makes so much more sense now
The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew not Aramaic
My realisation this year is that God has created two statues out of clay, along with an entire world made of clay, and then somehow made all that alive! I wonder if the original artwork of God is still somewhere up there? … which begs the question, is God a scientist or an artist? Maybe he is the latter.
Tsela is Derived from an unused root meaning to curve or to limp. Some have suggested that what is meant is curve or more specific, helix curve. A section of DNA.
Think about this
The bottom rib has the power of regeneration
How is that insignificant?
Man these misogyny hunters nowadays find misogyny everywhere ancient mediaeval or modern
So Greek translation is peak?
God use the same word to describe a woman that he used to describe himself as Aid to Israel. You are the only one that thinks misogyny here
So, from which part of Adam was Eve formed?
Coming from a rib does not make Eve subordinate, but equal. If she were made from his skull, she would be over him. If she were made from his foot, she would be under him. She was made from his side though, and so they are at a place of equality.
When you think you’re onto something but it’s still the same point. Either way she was made from part of Adam to help Adam. There’s nothing wrong with being a helper for our Lord is the ultimate helper of all. The only difference is that our Lord is second to no one.
I Corinthians 15:45 Christ is called “the last Adam”. The Bride of Christ too came from His side being opened by the soldier’s spear and out came blood and water. BTW, How do you know so much about what “the originals” say when they do not exist? Perhaps you believe in the infallibility of the lexicon.
Cool talking about the translation. Coulda used less of the opinions about why they did it. No evidence they used that translation to push any agenda like that
I don’t see how that passage of scripture supports mysoginy
It’s not a rib bone at all!
It goes back to the origin, which is "curve"
As in the helix curve of DNA.
You have 22 chromosomes from your mother and 22 from your father. And two sex chromosomes to determine your gender.
God took the 22 chromosomes from Adam, which are characteristics i.e.:allele factors.
God separated, the submissive from the dominant.
Your DEI crap is dead in the water.
Humans are binary just like Paleo Hebrew.
A Hebrew letter can be dominant or submissive, depending on placement and punctuation.
22 original Paleo Hebrew characters made male or female with two punctuation codons, gives you 46 total different Hebrew symbols.
Just like you have 46 chromosomes.
You might think you can change your gender, but 22 sets of letters & 2 punctuation codons (jot & tittle) paleo Hebrew has never changed and you still have 22 sets of characteristics determined dominant or submissive by 2 sex autosomes.
Woe to those who add to or take away from God’s Word!
That’s not going to end well for you.
I highly doubt misogyny is the reason for mistranslation.
so they were like twins?