Genesis 7:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.”

Genesis 7:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:421 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לְיָמִיםləyāmîmTo day

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

שִׁבְעָהšivəʿāhSeven

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מַמְטִירmaməṭîrRain

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יוֹםywōmDay

וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty

לָיְלָהlāyəlāhTwist

וּמָחִיתִיûmāḥîtîAnd stroke

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

הַיְקוּםhayəqûmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

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

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