Genesis 9:4 Go deeper

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. (KJV)

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אַךְ\־'akh-nevertheless

Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: surely

Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 26:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Genesis 9:4 word 1

בָּשָׂ֕רba.Sarflesh

Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: flesh

Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Genesis 9:4 word 2

בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹbe.naf.Showith life its

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: life

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Genesis 9:4 word 3

דָמ֖וֹda.Moblood its

Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: blood

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Genesis 9:4 word 4

לֹ֥אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 9:4 word 5

תֹאכֵֽלוּ\׃to.Khe.luyou must eat

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)

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 9:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But	→	אַךְ H0389 surely
you must not	→	לֹא H3808 not
eat	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
meat	→	בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh
with its lifeblood	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life
[still] in it	→	דָּם H1818 blood

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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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