Genesis 8:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;”

Genesis 8:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:120 words

וַיִּזְכֹּרwayizəkōrAnd mark

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe alive

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness

בַּתֵּבָהbatēvāhIn box

וַיַּעֲבֵרwayaʿăvērAnd cross

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

רוּחַrûḥaWind

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיָּשֹׁכּוּwayāšōkûAnd weave

הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּזְכֹּרwayizəkōrAnd mark

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe alive

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness

בַּתֵּבָהbatēvāhIn box

וַיַּעֲבֵרwayaʿăvērAnd cross

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

רוּחַrûḥaWind

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיָּשֹׁכּוּwayāšōkûAnd weave

הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

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