Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Genesis.7.3", "source": "גַּ֣ם מֵע֧וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה זָכָ֣ר וּנְקֵבָ֑ה לְחַיּ֥וֹת זֶ֖רַע עַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "Also from-*ʿôp* the-*šāmayim* seven seven *zākār ûnəqēbâ* to-*ḥayyôt zeraʿ* upon-face-of all-the-*ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*ʿôp*": "collective noun - birds/flying creatures", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual/plural - heavens/sky", "*zākār*": "noun, masculine singular - male", "*ûnəqēbâ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and female", "*ḥayyôt*": "piel infinitive construct - to keep alive/preserve", "*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - seed/offspring", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land" }, "variants": { "*ʿôp*": "bird/flying creature/winged creature", "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*ḥayyôt*": "to preserve/to keep alive", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }

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