Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 9:4 Interlinear

“But flesh with the life thereof which is the blood thereof shall ye not eat”

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Genesis 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אַךְ	H389	But	a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
2	בָּשָׂ֕ר	H1320	flesh	flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
3	בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ	H5315	with the life	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
4	דָמ֖וֹ	H1818	thereof which is the blood	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
5	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6	תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃	H398	thereof shall ye not eat	to eat (literally or figuratively)

Genesis 9:4 (current)But flesh with the life thereof which is the blood thereof shall ye not eat