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Genesis 9:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.


Genesis 9:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:220 words
וּמוֹרַאֲכֶםûmwōraʾăḵemAnd fear
וְחִתְּכֶםwəḥitəḵemAnd crushed
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
חַיַּתḥayatAlive
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּרְמֹשׂtirəmōśGlide swiftly
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
דְּגֵיdəgêFish
הַיָּםhayāmThe sea
בְּיֶדְכֶםbəyedəḵemIn hand
נִתָּנוּnitānûGive
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמוֹרַאֲכֶםûmwōraʾăḵemAnd fear
וְחִתְּכֶםwəḥitəḵemAnd crushed
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
חַיַּתḥayatAlive
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּרְמֹשׂtirəmōśGlide swiftly
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
דְּגֵיdəgêFish
הַיָּםhayāmThe sea
בְּיֶדְכֶםbəyedəḵemIn hand
נִתָּנוּnitānûGive

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