Genesis 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.”
Genesis 8:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 8:924 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצְאָהmāṣəʾāhCome
הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove
מָנוֹחַmānwōḥaQuiet
לְכַףləḵap̄To hollow hand
רַגְלָהּragəlāhFoot
וַתָּשָׁבwatāšāvAnd turn
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מַיִםmayimWaters
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send
יָדוֹyādwōHand
וַיִּקָּחֶהָwayiqāḥehāAnd take
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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