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Genesis 9:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.


Genesis 9:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:1716 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
זֹאתzōʾtThis
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֲקִמֹתִיhăqimōtîRise
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
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
אֶלʾelNear
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
זֹאתzōʾtThis
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הַבְּרִיתhabərîtThe compact
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֲקִמֹתִיhăqimōtîRise
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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