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Genesis 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:


Genesis 8:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:611 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִקֵּץmiqēṣFrom extremity
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
אֶתʾet
חַלּוֹןḥalwōnWindow
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִקֵּץmiqēṣFrom extremity
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
יוֹםywōmDay
וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide
נֹחַnōḥaNoach
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
חַלּוֹןḥalwōnWindow
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

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