Revised Literal Translation

Genesis 8:20-22

20And Noahנֹ֛חַNo.achH5146buildedוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129an altarמִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achH4196unto Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068;and tookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947of every cleanהַטְּהוֹרָ֗הha.te.ho.RahH2889beastהַבְּהֵמָ֣הha.be.he.MahH929,and of every cleanהַטָּהֹ֔רha.ta.HorH2889fowlהָע֣וֹףha.'ofH5775,and offeredוַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927burnt offeringsעֹלֹ֖ת'o.LotH5930on the altarבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ba.miz.Be.achH4196.

21And Yhwhיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068smelledוַיָּ֣רַחvai.Ya.rachH7306a sweetהַנִּיחֹחַ֒ha.ni.cho.aChH5207savourרֵ֣יחַRei.achH7381;And Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559inאֶל־'el-H413his heartלִבּ֗וֹli.BoH3820,I will not againאֹ֠סִף'O.sifH3254curseלְקַלֵּ֨לle.ka.LelH7043the groundהָֽאֲדָמָה֙ha.'a.da.MahH127any more for man’sהָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120sakeבַּעֲב֣וּרba.'a.VurH5668;for the imaginationיֵ֣צֶרYe.tzerH3336of man’sהָאָדָ֛םha.'a.DamH120heartלֵ֧בlevH3820isevilרַ֖עra'H7451from his youthמִנְּעֻרָ֑יוmi.ne.'u.RavH5271;neither will I againאֹסִ֥ף'o.SifH3254smiteלְהַכּ֥וֹתle.ha.KotH5221any more every thing livingחַ֖יchaiH2416,as I have doneעָשִֽׂיתִי׃'a.Si.tiH6213.

22While the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776remainethיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117,seedtimeזֶ֡רַעZe.ra'H2233and harvestוְ֠קָצִירVe.ka.tzirH7105,and coldוְקֹ֨רve.KorH7120and heatוָחֹ֜םva.ChomH2527,and summerוְקַ֧יִץve.Ka.yitzH7019and winterוָחֹ֛רֶףva.Cho.refH2779,and dayוְי֥וֹםve.YomH3117and nightוָלַ֖יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915shall not ceaseיִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃yish.Bo.tuH7673.

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