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Genesis 7:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.


Genesis 7:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:1914 words
וְהַמַּיִםwəhamayimAnd the waters
גָּבְרוּgāvərûBe strong
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיְכֻסּוּwayəḵusûAnd plump
כָּלkālWhole
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
הַגְּבֹהִיםhagəvōhîmThe elevated
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
כָּלkālWhole
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַמַּיִםwəhamayimAnd the waters
גָּבְרוּgāvərûBe strong
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיְכֻסּוּwayəḵusûAnd plump
כָּלkālWhole
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
הַגְּבֹהִיםhagəvōhîmThe elevated
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
כָּלkālWhole
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

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