Genesis 6:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”

Genesis 6:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:1414 words

HebrewMeaning

עֲשֵׂ֤הʿăśēh

makeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לְ/ךָ֙ləkā

pron

תֵּבַ֣תtēbat

an ark ofnounH8392

עֲצֵיʿăṣēy

wood ofnounH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

גֹ֔פֶרgōper

gophernounH1613

קִנִּ֖יםqiniym

nestsnounH7064

room

תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הtaʿăśeh

you will makeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֶתʾet

againstpronH854

among · before · by · for ···

הַ/תֵּבָ֑הhatēbāh

the arkparticleH8392

וְ/כָֽפַרְתָּ֥wəkāparətā

and you will coverconjH3722

make (an atonement · cleanse · disannul · forgive ···

אֹתָ֛/הּʾōtāh

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מִ/בַּ֥יִתmibayit

from insidepronH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

וּ/מִ/ח֖וּץwmiḥwṣ

and from outsideconjH2351

field · forth · highway · more ···

בַּ/כֹּֽפֶרbakōper

with pitchpronH3724

camphire · pitch · ransom · satisfaction ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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