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And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. (KJV)
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וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand you
Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)
Meaning: you(m.s.)
Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 1
קַח\־kach-take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 2
מִכָּל\־mi.kolsome of all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 3
מַֽאֲכָל֙ma.'a.Khalfood
Lemma: מַאֲכָל (ma.a.khal) · Strong's: H3978
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 40:17, Leviticus 19:23, Deuteronomy 20:20, Deuteronomy 28:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3978; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 4
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 5
יֵֽאָכֵ֔לye.'a.Khel<it> is eaten
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 6
וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ve.'a.saf.Taand you will gather [it]
Lemma: אָסַף (a.saph) · Strong's: H0622
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to gather
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:8, Genesis 29:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0622; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 7
אֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khato yourself
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 8
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 9
לְאָכְלָֽה\׃le.'okh.Lah<into> food
Lemma: אׇכְלָה (okh.lah) · Strong's: H0402
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: food
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:3, Exodus 16:15, Leviticus 11:39, Leviticus 25:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0402; TAHOT Genesis 6:21 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You are also | → | אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.) |
| to take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| for yourself | → | |
| every kind | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| of food | → | מַאֲכָל H3978 food |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| is eaten | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| and gather [it] | → | אָסַף H0622 to gather |
| as food | → | אׇכְלָה H0402 food |
| for yourselves | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| [and] for | → | |
| [the animals] | → |
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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