Genesis 7:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.”

Genesis 7:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:1613 words

וְהַבָּאִיםwəhabāʾîmAnd the go

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

בָּאוּbāʾûGo

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

וַיִּסְגֹּרwayisəgōrAnd shut

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בַּעֲדוֹbaʿădwōIn up to

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

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וְהַבָּאִיםwəhabāʾîmAnd the go

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

בָּאוּbāʾûGo

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

וַיִּסְגֹּרwayisəgōrAnd shut

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בַּעֲדוֹbaʿădwōIn up to

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