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Genesis 8:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.


Genesis 8:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:1213 words
וַיִּיָּחֶלwayîḥelAnd wait
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder
וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send
אֶתʾet
הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָסְפָהyāsəp̄āhAdd
שׁוּבšûvTurn
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּיָּחֶלwayîḥelAnd wait
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder
וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָסְפָהyāsəp̄āhAdd
שׁוּבšûvTurn
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
עוֹדʿwōdIteration

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