Genesis 9:2
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
BSB
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ASV
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.
KJV
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם | u.mo.ra.'a.Khem | and fear your | H4172 → |
| וְחִתְּכֶם֙ | ve.chi.te.Khem | and dread your | H2844 → |
| יִֽהְיֶ֔ה | yih.Yeh | <it> will be | H1961 → |
| עַ֚ל | 'al | on | H5921 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| חַיַּ֣ת | chai.Yat | <the> animal of | H2416 → |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| וְעַ֖ל | ve.'Al | and on | H5921 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| ע֣וֹף | of | <the> bird of | H5775 → |
| הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | ha.sha.Ma.yim | the heavens | H8064 → |
| בְּכֹל֩ | be.Khol | on all | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| תִּרְמֹ֧שׂ | tir.Mos | <it> creeps | H7430 → |
| הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה | ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
| וּֽבְכָל־ | u.ve.Khol- | and on all | H3605 → |
| דְּגֵ֥י | de.Gei | [the] fish of | H1709 → |
| הַיָּ֖ם | hai.Yam | the sea | H3220 → |
| בְּיֶדְכֶ֥ם | be.yed.Khem | in hand your | H3027 → |
| נִתָּֽנוּ׃ | ni.Ta.nu | they are given | H5414 → |
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