Genesis 7:22

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.7.22", "source": "כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת־ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים בְּאַפָּ֗יו מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֶּחָֽרָבָ֖ה מֵֽתוּ׃", "text": "All which *nišmat-rûaḥ ḥayyîm* in-*ʾappāyw* from-all which in-the-*ḥārābâ* *mētû*", "grammar": { "*nišmat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - breath of", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, common singular construct - spirit/breath of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - life", "*ʾappāyw*": "noun, masculine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his nostrils", "*ḥārābâ*": "noun, feminine singular - dry land/dry ground", "*mētû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they died" }, "variants": { "*nišmat-rûaḥ ḥayyîm*": "breath of spirit of life/breath of life", "*ʾappāyw*": "his nostrils/nose/face", "*ḥārābâ*": "dry land/dry ground/earth", "*mētû*": "they died/perished" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת־ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים בְּאַפָּ֗יו מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֶּחָֽרָבָ֖ה מֵֽתוּ׃

Transliteration

All which nišmat-rûaḥ ḥayyîm in-ʾappāyw from-all which in-the-ḥārābâ mētû

Grammar Details

• *nišmat*: noun, feminine singular construct - breath of
• *rûaḥ*: noun, common singular construct - spirit/breath of
• *ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
• *ʾappāyw*: noun, masculine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his nostrils
• *ḥārābâ*: noun, feminine singular - dry land/dry ground
• *mētû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they died

Word Meanings

• *nišmat-rûaḥ ḥayyîm*: breath of spirit of life/breath of life
• *ʾappāyw*: his nostrils/nose/face
• *ḥārābâ*: dry land/dry ground/earth
• *mētû*: they died/perished

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  all in whose nostrils{H639} was the breath{H5397} of the spirit of life,{H2416} of all that was on the dry{H2724} land, died.{H4191}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  All in whose nostrils{H639} was the breath{H5397}{H7307} of life{H2416}, of all that was in the dry{H2724} land, died{H4191}{(H8804)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  so that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye lond dyed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  What so euer had the breth of life vpon the drye londe, dyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Euery thing in whose nostrels the spirit of life did breathe, whatsoeuer they were in the drie land, they died.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So that all that had the breath of lyfe in his nostrilles throughout all that was on the drye lande, dyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  all in whose nostrils `is' breath of a living spirit -- of all that `is' in the dry land -- have died.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 2:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.7", "source": "וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃", "text": "*wayyîṣer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām ʿāp̄ār min-hāʾăḏāmāh wayyippaḥ bəʾappāyw nišmaṯ ḥayyîm wayəhî hāʾāḏām lənep̄eš ḥayyāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyîṣer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he formed", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular - dust", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*wayyippaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he breathed", "*bəʾappāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - into his nostrils", "*nišmaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - breath of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - life", "*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he became", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*lənep̄eš*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular construct - to/for a being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - living" }, "variants": { "*wayyîṣer*": "formed/fashioned/shaped", "*hāʾāḏām*": "the man/the human/Adam", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/soil/earth/clay", "*hāʾăḏāmāh*": "the ground/the soil/the earth", "*wayyippaḥ*": "breathed/blew", "*bəʾappāyw*": "in his nostrils/in his nose", "*nišmaṯ ḥayyîm*": "breath of life/living breath", "*nep̄eš ḥayyāh*": "living being/living creature/living soul" } }
• Gen 6:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Genesis.6.17", "source": "וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְשַׁחֵ֣ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ חַיִּ֔ים מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֖רֶץ יִגְוָֽע׃", "text": "And I, behold I *mēbîʾ* *ʾet*-*ha-mabbûl* *mayim* upon *hā-ʾāreṣ* to *šaḥēt* all *bāśār* which in it *rûaḥ* *ḥayyîm* from under *ha-šāmayim* all which in *ʾāreṣ* *yigwāʿ*", "grammar": { "*mēbîʾ*": "hiphil participle masculine singular - bringing", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ha-mabbûl*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - the flood", "*mayim*": "noun masculine plural - waters", "*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular with definite article with prefix preposition - upon the earth/land", "*šaḥēt*": "piel infinitive construct - to destroy", "*bāśār*": "noun masculine singular - flesh/living creature", "*rûaḥ*": "noun feminine singular construct - breath/spirit of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun masculine plural - life", "*ha-šāmayim*": "noun masculine dual with definite article with prefix preposition - from under the heavens", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun feminine singular with prefix preposition - in the earth", "*yigwāʿ*": "qal imperfect 3ms - will die/expire/perish" }, "variants": { "*mabbûl*": "flood/deluge", "*šaḥēt*": "destroy/ruin/corrupt", "*bāśār*": "flesh/living creatures/humans and animals", "*rûaḥ ḥayyîm*": "breath of life/spirit of life", "*yigwāʿ*": "will die/will expire/will perish" } }