Genesis 8:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”

Genesis 8:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:411 words

וַתָּנַחwatānaḥAnd rest

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

בַּחֹדֶשׁbaḥōdešIn new

הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh

בְּשִׁבְעָהbəšivəʿāhIn seven

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

יוֹםywōmDay

לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new

עַלʿalAbove

הָרֵיhārêMountain

אֲרָרָטʾărārāṭArarat

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתָּנַחwatānaḥAnd rest

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

בַּחֹדֶשׁbaḥōdešIn new

הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh

בְּשִׁבְעָהbəšivəʿāhIn seven

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

יוֹםywōmDay

לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new

עַלʿalAbove

הָרֵיhārêMountain

אֲרָרָטʾărārāṭArarat

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