Genesis 2:25-3:1 (Naked/Crafty)

[Romans922]

You who know Hebrew, what is the signifigance (if any) of God through Moses using two similar words which we typically translate 'naked' and 'crafty'?

עֲרוּמִּ֔ים (Gen 2:25)
עָר֔וּם (Gen 3:1)

 

[Romans922]

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[Contra_Mundum]

I'd just call it a play-on-words. It brings the two verses together literarily.

The two were "smooth" with one another, in one sense. The serpent was "smoother" than any other creature, in another sense.