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Genesis 6:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.


Genesis 6:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:1914 words
וּמִכָּלûmikālAnd from whole
הָחַיhāḥayThe alive
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
תָּבִיאtāvîʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
לְהַחֲיֹתləhaḥăyōtTo live
אִתָּךְʾitāḵəNearness
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמִכָּלûmikālAnd from whole
הָחַיhāḥayThe alive
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
תָּבִיאtāvîʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
לְהַחֲיֹתləhaḥăyōtTo live
אִתָּךְʾitāḵəNearness
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

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