Genesis 9:13
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →קֶשֶׁת qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Study H7198 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I ...
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
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