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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
וְהַמַּיִםwəhamayimAnd the waters
הָיוּhāyûExist
הָלוֹךְhālwōḵəWalk
וְחָסוֹרwəḥāswōrAnd lack
עַדʿadAs far
הַחֹדֶשׁhaḥōdešThe new
הָעֲשִׂירִיhāʿăśîrîThe tenth
בָּעֲשִׂירִיbāʿăśîrîIn tenth
בְּאֶחָדbəʾeḥādIn united
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
נִרְאוּnirəʾûSee
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וְהַמַּיִםwəhamayimAnd the waters
הָיוּhāyûExist
הָלוֹךְhālwōḵəWalk
וְחָסוֹרwəḥāswōrAnd lack
עַדʿadAs far
הַחֹדֶשׁhaḥōdešThe new
הָעֲשִׂירִיhāʿăśîrîThe tenth
בָּעֲשִׂירִיbāʿăśîrîIn tenth
בְּאֶחָדbəʾeḥādIn united
לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new
נִרְאוּnirəʾûSee
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain

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