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Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. (KJV)
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עֲשֵׂ֤ה'a.Sehmake
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 1
תֵּבַ֣תte.Vatan ark of
Lemma: תֵּבָה (te.vah) · Strong's: H8392
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: ark
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8392; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 2
עֲצֵי\־'a.tzei-wood<s> of
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: tree: wood
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 25:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 3
גֹ֔פֶרGo.fergopher
Lemma: גֹּ֫פֶר (go.pher) · Strong's: H1613
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gopher
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1613; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 4
קִנִּ֖יםki.Nimnests
Lemma: קֵן (qen) · Strong's: H7064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nest
Used 13 times. Also: Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 22:6, Deuteronomy 32:11, Job 29:18, Job 39:27, Psalms 84:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7064; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 5
תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.Sehyou will make
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 6
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 7
הַתֵּבָ֑הha.te.Vahthe ark
Lemma: תֵּבָה (te.vah) · Strong's: H8392
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: ark
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8392; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 8
וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ve.kha.far.Taand you will cover
Lemma: כָּפַר (ka.phar) · Strong's: H3722B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to cover
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3722B; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 9
אֹתָ֛הּ'o.Tah<obj.> it
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 10
מִבַּ֥יִתmi.Ba.yitfrom inside
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004O
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: inside
Used 25 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 28:26, Exodus 37:2, Exodus 39:19, Leviticus 14:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004O; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 11
וּמִח֖וּץu.mi.Chutzand from outside
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 12
בַּכֹּֽפֶר\׃ba.Ko.ferwith <the> pitch
Lemma: כֹּ֫פֶר (ko.pher) · Strong's: H3724B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pitch
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3724B; TAHOT Genesis 6:14 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Make | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| for yourself | → | |
| an ark | → | תֵּבָה H8392 ark |
| of gopher | → | גֹּ֫פֶר H1613 gopher |
| wood | → | עֵץ H6086G tree: wood |
| make | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| rooms | → | קֵן H7064 nest |
| in | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| the ark | → | תֵּבָה H8392 ark |
| and coat | → | כָּפַר H3722B to cover |
| it | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| with pitch | → | כֹּ֫פֶר H3724B pitch |
| inside | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004O house: inside |
| and out | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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