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Genesis 8:20 Interlinear

builded And Noah an altar unto the LORD and took beast and of every clean fowl and of every clean and offered burnt offerings an altar

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּ֥בֶןH1129buildedto build (literally and figuratively)
2נֹ֛חַH5146And Noahnoach, the patriarch of the flood
3בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196an altaran altar
4לַֽיהוָ֑הH3068unto the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
5וַיִּקַּ֞חH3947and tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
6מִכֹּ֣ל׀H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
7הַבְּהֵמָ֣הH929beastproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
8הַטָּה֔וֹרH2889and of every cleanpure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
9וּמִכֹּל֙H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
10הָע֣וֹףH5775fowla bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
11הַטָּה֔וֹרH2889and of every cleanpure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
12וַיַּ֥עַלH5927and offeredto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
13עֹלֹ֖תH5930burnt offeringsa step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
14בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196an altaran altar

Verse Context

Genesis 8:19and whatsoever Every beast and whatsoever every creeping thing and whatsoever and every fowl...
Genesis 8:20 (current)builded And Noah an altar unto the LORD and took beast and of every clean fowl and of every clean and offered burnt offerings an altar
Genesis 8:21smelled And the LORD savour a sweet said...

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