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Genesis 7:11 — King James Version← Study notes

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.


Genesis 7:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:1122 words
HebrewMeaning
בִּ/שְׁנַ֨תbišənat
in yearpronH8141
whole age · long · old
שֵׁשׁšēš
sixadjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
מֵא֤וֹתmēʾwōt
hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
שָׁנָה֙šānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
לְ/חַיֵּיləḥayēy
of the life ofpronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
נֹ֔חַnōḥa
NoahnounH5146
בַּ/חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙baḥōdeš
in the monthpronH2320
new moon
הַ/שֵּׁנִ֔יhašēniy
secondparticleH8145
either · other · second
בְּ/שִׁבְעָֽהbəšibəʿāh
on the seven-pronH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
עָשָׂ֥רʿāśār
teenadjH6240
fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···
י֖וֹםywōm
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
לַ/חֹ֑דֶשׁlaḥōdeš
of the monthpronH2320
new moon
בַּ/יּ֣וֹםbaywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/זֶּ֗הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
נִבְקְעוּ֙nibəqəʿw
they were split openverbH1234
break forth (into · out · in pieces · through ···
כָּֽלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מַעְיְנֹת֙maʿəyənōt
the springs ofnounH4599
spring · well
תְּה֣וֹםtəhwōm
the deepnounH8415
depth
רַבָּ֔הrabāh
greatadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וַ/אֲרֻבֹּ֥תwaʾărubōt
and the floodgates ofconjH699
window
הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִםhašāmayim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
נִפְתָּֽחוּnipətāḥw
they were openedverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Yuki TanakaNote1mo ago
The Fountains of the Deep Burst Open
I teach high school earth science, and we spent a unit on flood geology. The Genesis narrative uses both rain and subterranean water - 'the fountains of the deep' - which actually maps onto ancient wa...
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