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 7:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 7:1122 words
בִּשְׁנַתbišənatIn year
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
לְחַיֵּיləḥayêTo alive
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
בַּחֹדֶשׁbaḥōdešIn new
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
בְּשִׁבְעָהbəšivəʿāhIn seven
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
יוֹםywōmDay
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
נִבְקְעוּnivəqəʿûCleave
כָּלkālWhole
מַעְיְנֹתmaʿəyənōtFountain
תְּהוֹםtəhwōmAbyss
רַבָּהrabāhAbundant
וַאֲרֻבֹּתwaʾărubōtAnd lattice
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
נִפְתָּחוּnip̄ətāḥûOpen wide
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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