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Genesis 9:3 Interlinear

“ Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you even as the green herb have I given ”

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Genesis 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2	רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙	H7431	Every moving thing	a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
3	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
4	הוּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
5	חַ֔י	H2416	that liveth	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
6	לָכֶ֥ם	H0
7	יִֽהְיֶ֖ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8	לְאָכְלָ֑ה	H402	shall be meat	food
9	כְּיֶ֣רֶק	H3418	for you even as the green	properly, pallor, i.e., hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e., grass or vegetation
10	עֵ֔שֶׂב	H6212	herb	grass (or any tender shoot)
11	נָתַ֥תִּי	H5414	have I given	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
12	לָכֶ֖ם	H0
13	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14	כֹּֽל׃	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Genesis 9:3 (current) Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you even as the green herb have I given