Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 7:3 Interlinear

Of fowls also of the air by sevens by sevens the male and the female alive seed upon the face of all the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1גַּ֣םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2מֵע֧וֹףH5775Of fowlsa bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
3הַשָּׁמַ֛יִםH8064also of the airthe 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
4שִׁבְעָ֖הH7651by sevensseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
5שִׁבְעָ֖הH7651by sevensseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
6זָכָ֣רH2145the maleproperly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
7וּנְקֵבָ֑הH5347and the femalefemale (from the sexual form)
8לְחַיּ֥וֹתH2421aliveto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
9זֶ֖רַעH2233seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
10עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11פְּנֵ֥יH6440upon the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
12כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776of all the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Genesis 7:2 and of beasts Of every clean thou shalt take to thee by sevens...
Genesis 7:3 (current) Of fowls also of the air by sevens by sevens the male and the female alive seed upon the face of all the earth
Genesis 7:4 days For yet seven and I will cause it to rain...

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