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Genesis 7:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.


Genesis 7:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:610 words
וְנֹחַwənōḥaAnd Noach
בֶּןbenSon
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וְהַמַּבּוּלwəhamabûlAnd the deluge
הָיָהhāyāhExist
מַיִםmayimWaters
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנֹחַwənōḥaAnd Noach
בֶּןbenSon
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וְהַמַּבּוּלwəhamabûlAnd the deluge
הָיָהhāyāhExist
מַיִםmayimWaters
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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