Genesis 7:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
alsoגַּ֣ם
(gam)
1571: also, moreover, yeafrom an unused word
of the birdsמֵעֹ֧וף
(me·'o·vf)
5775: flying creaturesfrom uph
of the sky,הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם
(ha·sha·ma·yim)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
by sevens,שִׁבְעָ֥ה
(shiv·'ah)
7651: sevena prim. card. number
maleזָכָ֣ר
(za·char)
2145: malefrom zakar
and female,וּנְקֵבָ֑ה
(u·ne·ke·vah;)
5347: a femalefrom naqab
to keepלְחַיֹּ֥ות
(le·chai·yo·vt)
2421a: to livea prim. root
offspringזֶ֖רַע
(ze·ra)
2233: a sowing, seed, offspringfrom zara
alive 
 
2421a: to livea prim. root
on the faceפְּנֵ֥י
(pe·nei)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
of allכָל־
(chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the earth.הָאָֽרֶץ׃
(ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Of fowls
`owph  (ofe)
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively -- bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
also of the air
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
by sevens
sheba`  (sheh'-bah)
a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
sheba`  (sheh'-bah)
a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
the male
zakar  (zaw-kawr')
remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex) -- him, male, man(child, -kind).
and the female
nqebah  (nek-ay-baw')
female (from the sexual form) -- female.
to keep
chayah  (khaw-yaw')
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
seed
zera`  (zeh'-rah)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
alive
chayah  (khaw-yaw')
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
upon the face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of all the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

King James Bible
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky--in order to keep offspring alive on the face of the whole earth.

International Standard Version
along with seven pairs of the flying birds, male and female, in order to keep their offspring alive on the surface of all the earth.

NET Bible
and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Also, take seven pairs of every kind of bird (a male and a female of each) to preserve animal life all over the earth after the flood.

King James 2000 Bible
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.
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