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Genesis 9:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:


Genesis 9:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:1218 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
זֹאתzōʾtThis
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲנִיʾănîI
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
כָּלkālWhole
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature
חַיָּהḥayāhAlive
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness
לְדֹרֹתlədōrōtTo revolution
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
זֹאתzōʾtThis
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲנִיʾănîI
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
כָּלkālWhole
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature
חַיָּהḥayāhAlive
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness
לְדֹרֹתlədōrōtTo revolution
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

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