Original Language Studio
Genesis 9:5
“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H389 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- Derivation
- akin to H403 (אָכֵן);
- KJV renderings
- also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אַ֨ךְ — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 161 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:23Genesis 9:4Genesis 18:32Genesis 20:12Genesis 23:13
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 אַךְ 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.