The Meaning of Genesis 7:14 Explained

Genesis 7:14

KJV: They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

YLT: they, and every living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird -- every wing.

Darby: they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and all fowl after its kind every bird of every wing.

ASV: they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They,  and every beast  after his kind,  and all the cattle  after their kind,  and every creeping thing  that creepeth  upon the earth  after his kind,  and every fowl  after his kind,  every bird  of every sort. 

What does Genesis 7:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 7:1-24 - The Great Flood
What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all living things in the first homes of human life had perished. Equally sudden and unexpected shall be the days of the Son of Man. See Luke 17:26; 2 Peter 3:7. But what drowns other men only lifts the child of God nearer his home. The waters bear up the ark. When the loftiest refuges of lies and pride are submerged, and the whole landscape is covered with a monotonous waste of trouble, God says to the soul, "Come into the ark." It is as though He is inside and wants us to enter into close fellowship with Himself. See Psalms 27:5. When God shuts the door behind us, no power can force, no skeleton key can unlock, and no wedge can pry the door. For the extent of the Deluge it is appropriate to consider Luke 2:1-3. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 7

1  Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark
6  The flood begins
17  The increase of the flood for forty days
21  All flesh is destroyed by it
24  Its duration of 150 days

What do the individual words in Genesis 7:14 mean?

they and every beast after its kind and all livestock after their kind creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind bird after its kind every bird of every sort
הֵ֜מָּה וְכָל־ הַֽחַיָּ֣ה לְמִינָ֗הּ וְכָל־ הַבְּהֵמָה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־ הָאָ֖רֶץ לְמִינֵ֑הוּ הָע֣וֹף לְמִינֵ֔הוּ כֹּ֖ל צִפּ֥וֹר כָּל־ כָּנָֽף

וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַֽחַיָּ֣ה  beast 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
לְמִינָ֗הּ  after  its  kind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִין  
Sense: kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals).
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַבְּהֵמָה֙  livestock 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
לְמִינָ֔הּ  after  their  kind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִין  
Sense: kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals).
הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ  creeping  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶמֶשׂ  
Sense: creeping things, moving things, creeping organism.
הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ  that  creeps 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: רָמַשׂ  
Sense: to creep, move lightly, move about, walk on all fours.
הָאָ֖רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לְמִינֵ֑הוּ  after  its  kind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִין  
Sense: kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals).
הָע֣וֹף  bird 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹוף  
Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
לְמִינֵ֔הוּ  after  its  kind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִין  
Sense: kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals).
כֹּ֖ל  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
צִפּ֥וֹר  bird 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: צִפֹּור  
Sense: bird, fowl.
כָּל־  of  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כָּנָֽף  sort 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.

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