King James Version
Genesis 7:3 in the King James Version says “Of fowls also of the air by sevens , the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. by seve...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of fowls also of the air by sevens , the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. by sevens: Heb. seven seven”
Genesis 7:3 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens , the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. by sevens: Heb. seven seven
Of fowls also of the air by sevens , the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. by sevens: Heb. seven seven
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
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properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Of fowls”
H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
“also of the air”
H8064the 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
“by sevens”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“by sevens”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“the male”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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