Genesis 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;”

Genesis 8:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:29 words

וַיִּסָּכְרוּwayisāḵərûAnd shut up

מַעְיְנֹתmaʿəyənōtFountain

תְּהוֹםtəhwōmAbyss

וַאֲרֻבֹּתwaʾărubōtAnd lattice

הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

וַיִּכָּלֵאwayikālēʾAnd restrict

הַגֶּשֶׁםhagešemThe shower

מִןminPart

הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסָּכְרוּwayisāḵərûAnd shut up

מַעְיְנֹתmaʿəyənōtFountain

תְּהוֹםtəhwōmAbyss

וַאֲרֻבֹּתwaʾărubōtAnd lattice

הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

וַיִּכָּלֵאwayikālēʾAnd restrict

הַגֶּשֶׁםhagešemThe shower

מִןminPart

הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

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