Genesis 8:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.”
Genesis 8:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 8:2014 words
וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
הַטְּהוֹרָהhaṭəhwōrāhThe pure
וּמִכֹּלûmikōlAnd from whole
הָעוֹףhāʿwōp̄The bird
הַטָּהֹרhaṭāhōrThe pure
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
עֹלֹתʿōlōtStep
בַּמִּזְבֵּחַbamizəbēḥaIn altar
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