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 8:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:1213 words

וַיִּיָּחֶלwayîḥelAnd wait

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

אֲחֵרִיםʾăḥērîmHinder

וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send

אֶתʾet—

הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָסְפָהyāsəp̄āhAdd

שׁוּבšûvTurn

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

ℹWords 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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