Genesis 9:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.”

Genesis 9:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:518 words

וְאַךְwəʾaḵəAnd affirmation

אֶתʾet—

דִּמְכֶםdiməḵemBlood

לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםlənap̄əšōtêḵemTo breathing creature

אֶדְרֹשׁʾedərōšTread

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

כָּלkālWhole

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

אֶדְרְשֶׁנּוּʾedərəšenûTread

וּמִיַּדûmîdAnd from hand

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

אִישׁʾîšMan

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

אֶדְרֹשׁʾedərōšTread

אֶתʾet—

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַךְwəʾaḵəAnd affirmation

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

דִּמְכֶםdiməḵemBlood

לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםlənap̄əšōtêḵemTo breathing creature

אֶדְרֹשׁʾedərōšTread

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

כָּלkālWhole

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

אֶדְרְשֶׁנּוּʾedərəšenûTread

וּמִיַּדûmîdAnd from hand

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

אִישׁʾîšMan

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

אֶדְרֹשׁʾedərōšTread

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešBreathing creature

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

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