Genesis 6:17
I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַבּוּלmabbûwla deluge
- אֲנִיʼănîyI
- הִנֵּהhinnêhlo!
- כֹּלkôlproperly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural
- תַּחַתtachaththe bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix undern
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pude
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Pe 2:5, Gen 7:4, Gen 7:21–23, Psa 107:34, Heb 11:7, 1Pe 3:20, Amo 9:6, Psa 29:10