Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 7:3 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 7:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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