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Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. (KJV)
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כָּל\־kol-every
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 9:3 word 1
רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙Re.mescreeping thing
Lemma: רֶ֫מֶשׂ (re.me.s) · Strong's: H7431
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: creeping
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7431; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 2
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 9:3 word 3
הוּא\־hu'-it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 4
חַ֔יChai[is] alive
Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: alive
Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 5
יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
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 9:3 word 6
לְאָכְלָ֑הle.'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 6:21, Exodus 16:15, Leviticus 11:39, Leviticus 25:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0402; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 7
כְּיֶ֣רֶקke.Ye.reklike [the] greenery of
Lemma: יֶ֫רֶק (ye.req) · Strong's: H3418
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: green
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Exodus 10:15, Numbers 22:4, Psalms 37:2, Isaiah 15:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3418; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 8
עֵ֔שֶׂב'E.sevplant[s]
Lemma: עֵ֫שֶׂב (e.sev) · Strong's: H6212
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: vegetation
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6212; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 9
נָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiI give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Genesis 9:3 word 10
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 9:3 word 11
כֹּֽל\׃Koleverything
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 9:3 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Everything | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| that lives | → | חַי H2416A alive |
| [and] moves | → | רֶ֫מֶשׂ H7431 creeping |
| will be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| food | → | אׇכְלָה H0402 food |
| for you | → | |
| just as I gave you the green | → | יֶ֫רֶק H3418 green |
| plants | → | עֵ֫שֶׂב H6212 vegetation |
| I now give | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| you | → | |
| all things | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
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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