KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And God” | אֱלֹהִ֗ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “This” | זֹ֤את | This (often used adverb) | This |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the token” | אֽוֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | token |
| “of the covenant” | הַבְּרִית֙ | A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) | covenant |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “I” | אֲנִ֣י | I | I |
| “make” | נֹתֵ֗ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | make |
| “between” | בֵּינִי֙ | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “me and you and every” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “living” | חַיָּ֖ה | Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively | living |
| “creature” | נֶ֥פֶשׁ | Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) | creature |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “with” | אִתְּכֶ֑ם | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “you, for perpetual” | עוֹלָֽם׃ | Properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always | perpetual |
| “generations:” | לְדֹרֹ֖ת | Properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling | generations |
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10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
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