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Genesis 9:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.


Genesis 9:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:612 words
HebrewMeaning
שֹׁפֵךְ֙šōpēkə
the one who shedsverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
דַּ֣םdam
the blood ofnounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
הָֽ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בָּֽ/אָדָ֖םbāʾādām
by humankindpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
דָּמ֣/וֹdāmwō
blood hisnounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
יִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְyišāpēkə
will be shedverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
כִּ֚יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בְּ/צֶ֣לֶםbəṣelem
in the image ofpronH6754
vain shew
אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עָשָׂ֖הʿāśāh
he madeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אָדָֽםhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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In God's Image Still
After the flood, God institutes capital punishment with explicit theological reasoning: murder is wrong because humans bear God's image. The very same category - image of God - that made us sacred in ...
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