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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 7:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:313 words
גַּםgamAssemblage
מֵעוֹףmēʿwōp̄From bird
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female
לְחַיּוֹתləḥaywōtTo live
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

גַּםgamAssemblage
מֵעוֹףmēʿwōp̄From bird
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female
לְחַיּוֹתləḥaywōtTo live
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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