Genesis
Genesis 7:4
4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| seven | שִׁבְעָ֗ה | šiḇ·‘āh | Number - masculine singular | H7651 seven |
| days | לְיָמִ֨ים | lə·yā·mîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H3117 day |
| from now | ע֜וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| I | אָֽנֹכִי֙ | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| will send rain | מַמְטִ֣יר | mam·ṭîr | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H4305 rain |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the earth | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| for forty | אַרְבָּעִ֣ים | ’ar·bā·‘îm | Number - common plural | H705 forty |
| days | י֔וֹם | yō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| and forty | וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים | wə·’ar·bā·‘îm | Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural | H705 forty |
| nights | לָ֑יְלָה | lā·yə·lāh | Noun - masculine singular | H3915 twist, night, adversity |
| and I will wipe | וּמָחִ֗יתִי | ū·mā·ḥî·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H4229 wipe, wipe out |
| from | מֵעַ֖ל | mê·‘al | Preposition-m | H5921 height |
| the face | פְּנֵ֥י | pə·nê | Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| of the earth | הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| every | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| living thing | הַיְקוּם֙ | hay·qūm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3351 substance, existence |
| I have made | עָשִׂ֔יתִי | ‘ā·śî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
Cross-references
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Genesis 7:17 · Genesis 7:12 · Genesis 6:13 · Genesis 6:17 · Genesis 6:7 · Psalm 69:28 · Job 28:25 · Genesis 8:12 · Job 22:16 · Job 37:11–12 · Amos 4:7 · Revelation 3:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.