Genesis 7:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”
Genesis 7:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 7:128 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הַגֶּשֶׁםhagešemThe shower
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
לָיְלָהlāyəlāhTwist
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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