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Genesis 7:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.


Genesis 7:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:2325 words
וַיִּמַחwayimaḥAnd stroke
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
הַיְקוּםhayəqûmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
מֵאָדָםmēʾādāmFrom ruddy
עַדʿadAs far
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
עַדʿadAs far
רֶמֶשׂremeśReptile
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וַיִּמָּחוּwayimāḥûAnd stroke
מִןminPart
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיִשָּׁאֶרwayišāʾerAnd swell
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
בַּתֵּבָהbatēvāhIn box
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּמַחwayimaḥAnd stroke
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הַיְקוּםhayəqûmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
מֵאָדָםmēʾādāmFrom ruddy
עַדʿadAs far
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
עַדʿadAs far
רֶמֶשׂremeśReptile
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וַיִּמָּחוּwayimāḥûAnd stroke
מִןminPart
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיִשָּׁאֶרwayišāʾerAnd swell
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
בַּתֵּבָהbatēvāhIn box

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