Genesis 7:3
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹף
ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
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 r...
כִּימָה
Kîymâh
a cluster of stars, i.e. the Pleiades
זָכָר
zâkâr
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
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)
Study H8064 →זָכָר zâkâr
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
Study H2145 →עוֹף ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Study H5775 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
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