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Genesis 9:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.


Genesis 9:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:77 words
וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou
פְּרוּpərûBear fruit
וּרְבוּûrəvûAnd increase
שִׁרְצוּširəṣûWriggle
בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth
וּרְבוּûrəvûAnd increase
בָהּvāhIn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou
פְּרוּpərûBear fruit
וּרְבוּûrəvûAnd increase
שִׁרְצוּširəṣûWriggle
בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth
וּרְבוּûrəvûAnd increase
בָהּvāhIn

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