Genesis 7:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.”

Genesis 7:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:914 words

שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo

שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo

בָּאוּbāʾûGo

אֶלʾelNear

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

אֶלʾelNear

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

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

Word-by-word meanings

שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo

שְׁנַיִםšənayimTwo

בָּאוּbāʾûGo

אֶלʾelNear

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

אֶלʾelNear

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēvāhAnd female

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

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