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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 9:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:1310 words
אֶתʾet
קַשְׁתִּיqašətîBow
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
בֶּעָנָןbeʿānānIn cloud
וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist
לְאוֹתləʾwōtTo signal
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
קַשְׁתִּיqašətîBow
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
בֶּעָנָןbeʿānānIn cloud
וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist
לְאוֹתləʾwōtTo signal
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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