Genesis 9:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”

Genesis 9:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:1310 words

HebrewMeaning

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

קַשְׁתִּ֕/יqašətiy

bow mynounH7198

arch · arrow · -shot)

נָתַ֖תִּיnātatiy

I setverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בֶּֽ/עָנָ֑ןbeʿānān

in the cloudspronH6051

וְ/הָֽיְתָה֙wəhāyətāh

and it will becomeconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לְ/א֣וֹתləʾwōt

a sign ofpronH226

miracle · sign · token

בְּרִ֔יתbəriyt

a covenantnounH1285

feder · covenant · league

בֵּינִ֖/יbēyniy

between mepronH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

וּ/בֵ֥יןwbēyn

and betweenconjH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ

the earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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