Bible/Genesis/6/17

Bible > Genesis > Chapter 6 > Verse 17

Genesis 6:17

---

← Genesis 6:16	Genesis 6:17 (KJV)	Genesis 6:18 →
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.	And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.	But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And, behold^H2009, I^H589, even I, do bring^H935 a flood^H3999 of waters^H4325 upon the earth^H776, to destroy^H7843 all flesh^H1320, wherein is the breath^H7307 of life^H2416, from under^H8478 heaven^H8064; and every thing^H3605 that is in the earth^H776 shall die^H1478.

---

Original Hebrew

וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בֹּו רוּחַ חַיִּים מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ יִגְוָע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/אֲנִ֗י	va./'a.Ni	H589	HC/Pp1cs	and/ I
הִנְ/נִי֩	hi./Ni	H2009	HTm/Sp1cs	here/ I
מֵבִ֨יא	me.Vi'	H935	HVhrmsa	(am) about to bring
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/מַּבּ֥וּל	ha./ma.Bul	H3999	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ flood
מַ֨יִם֙	ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הָ/אָ֔רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
לְ/שַׁחֵ֣ת	le./sha.Chet	H7843	HR/Vpc	to/ destroy
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
בָּשָׂ֗ר	ba.Sar	H1320	HNcmsa	flesh
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	which
בּ/וֹ֙	b/o		HR/Sp3ms	(is) in (the)/ it
ר֣וּחַ	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsc	(the) breath of
חַיִּ֔ים	chai.Yim	H2416	HNcmpa	life
מִ/תַּ֖חַת	mi./Ta.chat	H8478	HR/R	from/ under
הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
כֹּ֥ל	kol	H3605	HNcmsa	all
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	that
בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ	ba./'A.retz	H776	HRd/Ncbsa	(is) on the/ earth
יִגְוָֽע	yig.Va'	H1478	HVqi3ms	(it) will die

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
• H1478 — גָּוַע (gâvaʻ, gaw-vah'): a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire; die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3999 — מַבּוּל (mabbûwl, mab-bool'): from יָבַל in the sense of flowing; a deluge; flood.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H7843 — שָׁחַת (shâchath, shaw-khath'): a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the 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 revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• behold — Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:21-23, Genesis 9:9, Exodus 14:17, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 29:10, Isaiah 51:12, Ezekiel 5:8, Ezekiel 6:3, Ezekiel 34:11, Ezekiel 34:20, Hosea 5:14, 2 Peter 2:5
• bring — Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:21-23, Job 22:16, Psalms 29:10, Psalms 93:3-4, Psalms 107:34, Isaiah 54:9, Amos 9:6, Matthew 24:39, Luke 17:27, Hebrews 11:7, 1 Peter 3:20
• is the — Genesis 2:7, Genesis 7:15
• shall die — Genesis 6:7, Psalms 107:34, Romans 5:12-14, Romans 5:21, Romans 6:23, Romans 8:20-22

Reciprocal references (16): Genesis 7:10, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:21, Numbers 18:6, Judges 5:3, Job 12:10, Job 12:15, Job 14:19, Job 36:31, Psalms 146:4, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 27:3, Isaiah 34:16, Jeremiah 23:39, Jeremiah 35:17

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DELUGE, THE, HOME
• Torrey’s: DELUGE, THE, JUDGMENTS
• Nave’s: ANIMALS, ANTEDILUVIANS, COMMUNION, FAITH, FLOOD, GOD, NOAH, SHIP

Discussion / Insights

No content yet

Notes and References

No content yet

Bible › Genesis › Genesis 6 › Verse 17