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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 8:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:1117 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תָּבֹ֨אwatābōʾ
and it cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלָ֤י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/יּוֹנָה֙haywōnāh
the doveparticleH3123
pigeon
לְ/עֵ֣תləʿēt
to the time ofpronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
עֶ֔רֶבʿereb
eveningnounH6153
day · tide) · night
וְ/הִנֵּ֥הwəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
עֲלֵהʿălēh
a leaf ofnounH5929
leaf
זַ֖יִתzayit
olivenounH2132
-yard) · Olivet
טָרָ֣ףṭārāp
freshly pluckedadjH2965
בְּ/פִ֑י/הָbəpiyhā
was in mouth itspronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וַ/יֵּ֣דַעwayēdaʿ
and he knewconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
נֹ֔חַnōḥa
NoahnounH5146
כִּיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קַ֥לּוּqalw
they were abatedverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
הַ/מַּ֖יִםhamayim
the watersparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
מֵ/עַ֥לmēʿal
from onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Yuki TanakaNote2mo ago
The Olive Leaf
After the deluge, the dove returns carrying an olive branch - such a small, fragile sign of life. I think about that moment every spring when my garden comes back after winter. My therapist and I hav...
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