Genesis 9:5
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
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ASV
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
KJV
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַ֨ךְ | ve.'Akh | and nevertheless | H389 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| דִּמְכֶ֤ם | dim.Khem | blood of your | H1818 → |
| לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ | le.naf.sho.tei.Khem | of lives you | H5315 → |
| אֶדְרֹ֔שׁ | 'ed.Rosh | I will seek | H1875 → |
| מִיַּ֥ד | mi.Yad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| חַיָּ֖ה | chai.Yah | animal | H2416 → |
| אֶדְרְשֶׁ֑נּוּ | 'ed.re.She.nu | I will seek it | H1875 → |
| וּמִיַּ֣ד | u.mi.Yad | and from [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| הָֽאָדָ֗ם | ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
| מִיַּד֙ | mi.Yad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | each | H376 → |
| אָחִ֔יו | 'a.Chiv | brother his | H251 → |
| אֶדְרֹ֖שׁ | 'ed.Rosh | I will seek | H1875 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| נֶ֥פֶשׁ | Ne.fesh | [the] life of | H5315 → |
| הָֽאָדָֽם׃ | Ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
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