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Genesis 7:21
“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1478 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּגְוַ֞ע — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 24 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:17Genesis 25:8Genesis 25:17Genesis 35:29Genesis 49:33
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 גָּוַע 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.