Genesis

Genesis 9:2–4

²The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand. ³Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. ⁴But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

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Genesis 9:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The fear	וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם	ū·mō·w·ra·’ă·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H4172 fear
and dread of you	וְחִתְּכֶם֙	wə·ḥit·tə·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H2844 terror, fear
will fall	יִֽהְיֶ֔ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
on	עַ֚ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
living creature	חַיַּ֣ת	ḥay·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living
on the earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
bird	ע֣וֹף	‘ō·wp̄	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
every	בְּכֹל֩	bə·ḵōl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
creature that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
crawls	תִּרְמֹ֧שׂ	tir·mōś	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7430 creep, move lightly, move about
on the ground	הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
and all	וּֽבְכָל־	ū·ḇə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the fish	דְּגֵ֥י	də·ḡê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1709 fish
of the sea	הַיָּ֖ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
They are delivered	נִתָּֽנוּ׃	nit·tā·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
into your hand	בְּיֶדְכֶ֥ם	bə·yeḏ·ḵem	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3027 hand

Genesis 9:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Everything	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that lives	חַ֔י	ḥay	Noun - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
moves	רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙	re·meś	Noun - masculine singular	H7431 creeping things, moving things
will be	יִהְיֶ֖ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
food	לְאָכְלָ֑ה	lə·’āḵ·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H402 food, eating
for you	לָכֶ֥ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
just as I gave you the green	כְּיֶ֣רֶק	kə·ye·req	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H3418 green, greenness
plants	עֵ֔שֶׂב	‘ê·śeḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H6212 herb, herbage
I now give	נָתַ֥תִּי	nā·ṯat·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
you	לָכֶ֖ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
all things	כֹּֽל׃	kōl	Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all

Genesis 9:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	אַךְ־	’aḵ-	Adverb	H389 surely
you must not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
eat	תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃	ṯō·ḵê·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H398 eat
meat	בָּשָׂ֕ר	bā·śār	Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
with its lifeblood	בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ	bə·nap̄·šōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
in it	דָמ֖וֹ	ḏā·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1818 blood

Cross-references

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Genesis 9:2 Psalm 8:4–8 · James 3:7 · Hosea 2:18 · Genesis 1:28 · Leviticus 26:6 · Job 5:22–23 · Ezekiel 34:25 · Genesis 35:5 · Genesis 2:19 · Leviticus 26:22

Genesis 9:3 Romans 14:14 · 1 Timothy 4:3–5 · Colossians 2:21–22 · Deuteronomy 12:15 · 1 Corinthians 10:31 · Colossians 2:16 · 1 Corinthians 10:25–26 · Acts 10:12–15 · Psalm 104:14–15 · 1 Corinthians 10:23 · Genesis 1:29–30 · Romans 14:20

Genesis 9:4 Deuteronomy 12:23 · Deuteronomy 15:23 · Deuteronomy 12:16 · Acts 15:20 · Leviticus 7:26 · Leviticus 17:10–14 · Acts 15:29 · Leviticus 3:17 · Leviticus 19:26 · 1 Timothy 4:4 · 1 Samuel 14:33–34

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.