tn Heb “from all life, from all flesh, two from all you must bring.” The disjunctive clause at the beginning of the verse (note the conjunction with prepositional phrase, followed by two more prepositional phrases in apposition and then the imperfect verb form) signals a change in mood from announcement (vv. 17–18) to instruction.

tn The Piel infinitive construct לְהַחֲיוֹת (léhakhayot, here translated as “to keep them alive”) shows the purpose of bringing the animals into the ark—saving life. The Piel of this verb means here “to preserve alive.”