Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Genesis.8.3", "source": "וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ הַמַּ֛יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָ֖רֶץ הָל֣וֹךְ וָשׁ֑וֹב וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם מִקְצֵ֕ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת יֽוֹם", "text": "And *wayyāšubû* the-*mayim* from-upon the-*ʾereṣ* *hālôk* and *šôb*; and *wayyaḥsərû* the-*mayim* from-*qāṣê* fifty and-hundred *yôm*", "grammar": { "*wayyāšubû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they returned/receded", "*mayim*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the waters", "*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land", "*hālôk*": "qal infinitive absolute - going/continuing", "*šôb*": "qal infinitive absolute - returning/receding", "*wayyaḥsərû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they diminished/decreased", "*qāṣê*": "masculine singular construct with preposition - from end of", "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day" }, "variants": { "*wayyāšubû*": "returned/receded/went back", "*hālôk* and *šôb*": "going and returning/gradually/continually", "*wayyaḥsərû*": "diminished/decreased/abated", "*qāṣê*": "end/extremity/after" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:24 : 24 { "verseID": "Genesis.7.24", "source": "וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ הַמַּ֖יִם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת יֽוֹם׃", "text": "*wa-yigbərû* the-*mayim* upon-the-*ʾāreṣ* fifty and-hundred *yôm*", "grammar": { "*wa-yigbərû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they prevailed", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - water", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day" }, "variants": { "*wa-yigbərû*": "and they prevailed/were strong/overwhelmed", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }
  • Gen 7:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Genesis.7.11", "source": "בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֤וֹת שָׁנָה֙ לְחַיֵּי־נֹ֔חַ בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה נִבְקְעוּ֙ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת֙ תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֔ה וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃", "text": "In-year-of six-hundred *šānâ* to-lives-of-*Nōaḥ* in-the-*ḥōdeš* the-second in-seventeen *yôm* to-the-*ḥōdeš* in-the-*yôm* the-this *nibqəʿû* all-*maʿyənōt təhôm rabbâ* and-*ʾărubbōt* the-*šāmayim niptāḥû*", "grammar": { "*šānâ*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "*Nōaḥ*": "proper noun", "*ḥōdeš*": "noun, masculine singular - month/new moon", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day", "*nibqəʿû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were split open/burst", "*maʿyənōt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - fountains/springs of", "*təhôm*": "noun, common singular - deep/abyss", "*rabbâ*": "adjective, feminine singular - great/many", "*ʾărubbōt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - windows/floodgates of", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual/plural - heavens/sky", "*niptāḥû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were opened" }, "variants": { "*ḥōdeš*": "month/new moon/lunar cycle", "*nibqəʿû*": "were split open/burst forth/broke open", "*maʿyənōt*": "fountains/springs/wells", "*təhôm*": "deep/abyss/primeval ocean", "*ʾărubbōt*": "windows/floodgates/sluices", "*niptāḥû*": "were opened/were released" } }