Genesis 7:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”
Genesis 7:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 7:313 words
גַּםgamAssemblage
מֵעוֹףmēʿwōp̄From bird
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female
לְחַיּוֹתləḥaywōtTo live
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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