Genesis 8:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.”
Genesis 8:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 8:312 words
וַיָּשֻׁבוּwayāšuvûAnd turn
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הָלוֹךְhālwōḵəWalk
וָשׁוֹבwāšwōvAnd turn
וַיַּחְסְרוּwayaḥəsərûAnd lack
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
מִקְצֵהmiqəṣēhFrom extremity
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
יוֹםywōmDay
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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