Genesis 8:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

By the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was completely dry.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ יָבְשָׁ֖ה הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

And-in-the-ḥōdeš the-šēnî, in-seven and-twenty yôm to-the-ḥōdeš, yābəšâ the-ʾereṣ

Grammar Details

• *ḥōdeš*: masculine singular noun with preposition and definite article - to the month
• *šēnî*: masculine singular ordinal with definite article - the second
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - day
• *yābəšâ*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she dried/was dried
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *yābəšâ*: was dried/became completely dry/was thoroughly dry

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in the second{H8145} month,{H2320} on the seven{H7651} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the month,{H2320} was the earth{H776} dry.{H3001}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in the second{H8145} month{H2320}, on the seven{H7651} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the month{H2320}, was the earth{H776} dried{H3001}{(H8804)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  so by the.xxvij. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in the second moneth, in the seuen & twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in the seconde moneth, in the seuen and twentie day of the moneth was the earth dryed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 7:13-14 : 13 On that very day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark. 14 They, and every wild animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every crawling thing that crawls on the ground according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—all winged creatures—came.
• Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.