Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 6:17 Interlinear

I And behold even I do bring a flood of waters that is in the earth to destroy and every thing all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven and every thing that is in the earth shall die

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽאֲנִ֗יH589Ii
2הִנְנִי֩H2009And beholdlo!
3מֵבִ֨יאH935even I do bringto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5הַמַּבּ֥וּלH3999a flooda deluge
6מַ֙יִם֙H4325of waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
7עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8בָּאָ֖רֶץH776that is in the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
9לְשַׁחֵ֣תH7843to destroyto decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
10כֹּ֥לH3605and every thingproperly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11בָּשָׂ֗רH1320all fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
12אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
13בּוֹ֙H0
14ר֣וּחַH7307wherein is the breathwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
15חַיִּ֔יםH2416of lifealive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
16מִתַּ֖חַתH8478from underthe bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
17הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםH8064heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
18כֹּ֥לH3605and every thingproperly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
19אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
20בָּאָ֖רֶץH776that is in the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
21יִגְוָֽע׃H1478shall dieto breathe out, i.e., (by implication) expire

Verse Context

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Genesis 6:17 (current)I And behold even I do bring a flood of waters that is in the earth to destroy and every thing all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven and every thing that is in the earth shall die
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