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Genesis 6:17
“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H589 · Hebrew
- Definition
- I
- Derivation
- contracted from H595 (אָנֹכִי);
- KJV renderings
- I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲנִ֗י — personal pronoun, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 874 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:9Genesis 9:12Genesis 14:23Genesis 15:7Genesis 17:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲנִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.