Genesis 8:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.”

Genesis 8:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:1117 words

וַתָּבֹאwatāvōʾAnd go

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove

לְעֵתləʿētTo time

עֶרֶבʿerevDusk

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

עֲלֵהʿălēhLeaf

זַיִתzayitOlive

טָרָףṭārāp̄Recently torn off

בְּפִיהָbəp̄îhāIn mouth

וַיֵּדַעwayēdaʿAnd know

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

קַלּוּqalûBe

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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

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