Genesis 6:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.”
Genesis 6:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 6:2014 words
מֵהָעוֹףmēhāʿwōp̄From the bird
לְמִינֵהוּləmînēhûTo sort
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
לְמִינָהּləmînāhTo sort
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
רֶמֶשׂremeśReptile
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
לְמִינֵהוּləmînēhûTo sort
שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
יָבֹאוּyāvōʾûGo
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
לְהַחֲיוֹתləhaḥăywōtTo live
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