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Genesis 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.


Genesis 8:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:513 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/מַּ֗יִםwəhamayim
and the watersconjH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
הָיוּ֙hāyw
they wereverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הָל֣וֹךְhālwōkə
goingverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
וְ/חָס֔וֹרwəḥāswōr
and decreasingconjH2637
bereave · decrease · fail · lack ···
עַ֖דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁhaḥōdeš
the monthparticleH2320
new moon
הָֽ/עֲשִׂירִ֑יhāʿăśiyriy
tenthparticleH6224
בָּֽ/עֲשִׂירִי֙bāʿăśiyriy
in the tenth monthpronH6224
בְּ/אֶחָ֣דbəʾeḥād
on day onepronH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁlaḥōdeš
of the monthpronH2320
new moon
נִרְא֖וּnirəʾw
they were seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
רָאשֵׁ֥יrāʾšēy
the tops ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הֶֽ/הָרִֽיםhehāriym
the mountainsparticleH2022
mount · promotion
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Aisha MbekiNote2mo ago
The Waters Continued to Decrease
After the flood peaks, the text marks the gradual decrease - the waters continued to decrease. It's a process, not an instant reversal. Healing and recovery feel like this - not a moment where everyt...
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