Genesis

Genesis 7:2–3

²You are to take with you seven pairs of^a every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; ³and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Footnotes

a 7:2 Or by sevens; also in verse 3

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Genesis 7:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You	לְךָ֛	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
take with you	תִּֽקַּח־	tiq·qaḥ-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3947 take
seven pairs of	שִׁבְעָ֥ה	šiḇ·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
every kind of	מִכֹּ֣ל׀	mik·kōl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
clean	הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה	haṭ·ṭə·hō·w·rāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H2889 clean, pure
animal	הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה	hab·bə·hê·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H929 beast, animal, cattle
a male	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
and its mate	וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ	wə·’iš·tōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
a pair	שְׁנַ֖יִם	šə·na·yim	Number - md	H8147 two
of	וּמִן־	ū·min-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
unclean	טְהֹרָ֥ה	ṭə·hō·rāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2889 clean, pure
animal	הַבְּהֵמָ֡ה	hab·bə·hê·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H929 beast, animal, cattle
a male	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
and its mate	וְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃	wə·’iš·tōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

Genesis 7:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	גַּ֣ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
seven	שִׁבְעָ֖ה	šiḇ·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
of	מֵע֧וֹף	mê·‘ō·wp̄	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
male	זָכָ֣ר	zā·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H2145 male
and female	וּנְקֵבָ֑ה	ū·nə·qê·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H5347 female
to preserve	לְחַיּ֥וֹת	lə·ḥay·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H2421 live
their offspring	זֶ֖רַע	ze·ra‘	Noun - masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the face	פְּנֵ֥י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of all	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

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Genesis 7:2 Genesis 8:20 · Leviticus 10:10 · Leviticus 11:1–47 · Acts 10:11–15 · Genesis 7:8 · Ezekiel 44:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.