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Genesis 6:19

וּ מִ כָּל הָ חַי מִ כָּל בָּשָׂר שְׁנַיִם מִ כֹּל תָּבִיא אֶל הַ תֵּבָה לְ הַחֲיֹת אִתָּךְ זָכָר וּ נְקֵבָה יִהְיוּ
And from the whole of The Living-one,262 from the whole of a flesh, a pair263 from the whole264 you are causing to come in toward the Chest, to make-live את-yourself, a male and a female they are becoming.
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Hebrew הַחַ֖י definite article the + masculine singular life. This form occurs 12 times. Gen. 6:19, Ex. 21:35, Lev. 13:15-16, 16:21, 1 Kin. 3:22, 23, 25, 26, 27.