Genesis 6:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”
Genesis 6:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 6:1615 words
צֹהַרṣōharLight
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לַתֵּבָהlatēvāhTo box
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
אַמָּהʾamāhA mother
תְּכַלֶנָּהtəḵalenāhEnd
מִלְמַעְלָהmiləmaʿəlāhFrom to upper part
וּפֶתַחûp̄etaḥAnd opening
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
בְּצִדָּהּbəṣidāhIn side
תָּשִׂיםtāśîmPut
תַּחְתִּיִּםtaḥətîmLowermost
שְׁנִיִּםšənîmDouble
וּשְׁלִשִׁיםûšəlišîmAnd third
תַּעֲשֶׂהָtaʿăśehāDo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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