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Genesis 7:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.


Genesis 7:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:128 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הַגֶּשֶׁםhagešemThe shower
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לָיְלָהlāyəlāhTwist
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הַגֶּשֶׁםhagešemThe shower
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לָיְלָהlāyəlāhTwist

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