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Genesis 8:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.


Genesis 8:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:1322 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּאַחַתbəʾaḥatIn united
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd six
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בָּרִאשׁוֹןbāriʾšwōnIn first
בְּאֶחָדbəʾeḥādIn united
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
חָרְבוּḥārəvûParch
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיָּסַרwayāsarAnd turn
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
אֶתʾet
מִכְסֵהmiḵəsēhCovering
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
חָרְבוּḥārəvûParch
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּאַחַתbəʾaḥatIn united
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd six
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בָּרִאשׁוֹןbāriʾšwōnIn first
בְּאֶחָדbəʾeḥādIn united
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
חָרְבוּḥārəvûParch
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיָּסַרwayāsarAnd turn
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מִכְסֵהmiḵəsēhCovering
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
חָרְבוּḥārəvûParch
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

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