Genesis 6:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.”

Genesis 6:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:1515 words

וְזֶהwəzehAnd this

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

שְׁלֹשׁšəlōšThree

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

אַמָּהʾamāhA mother

אֹרֶךְʾōreḵəLength

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty

אַמָּהʾamāhA mother

רָחְבָּהּrāḥəbāhWidth

וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty

אַמָּהʾamāhA mother

קוֹמָתָהּqwōmātāhHeight

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְזֶהwəzehAnd this

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁלֹשׁšəlōšThree

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

אַמָּהʾamāhA mother

אֹרֶךְʾōreḵəLength

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty

אַמָּהʾamāhA mother

רָחְבָּהּrāḥəbāhWidth

וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty

אַמָּהʾamāhA mother

קוֹמָתָהּqwōmātāhHeight

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