Genesis 9:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.”

Genesis 9:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:1520 words

וְזָכַרְתִּיwəzāḵarətîAnd mark

אֶתʾet—

בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

כָּלkālWhole

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

לְמַבּוּלləmabûlTo deluge

לְשַׁחֵתləšaḥētTo decay

כָּלkālWhole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְזָכַרְתִּיwəzāḵarətîAnd mark

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

כָּלkālWhole

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

לְמַבּוּלləmabûlTo deluge

לְשַׁחֵתləšaḥētTo decay

כָּלkālWhole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

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