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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 8:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 8:924 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצְאָהmāṣəʾāhCome
הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove
מָנוֹחַmānwōḥaQuiet
לְכַףləḵap̄To hollow hand
רַגְלָהּragəlāhFoot
וַתָּשָׁבwatāšāvAnd turn
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
כִּיRelative conjunction
מַיִםmayimWaters
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send
יָדוֹyādwōHand
וַיִּקָּחֶהָwayiqāḥehāAnd take
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
אֹתָהּʾōtāh
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצְאָהmāṣəʾāhCome
הַיּוֹנָהhaywōnāhThe dove
מָנוֹחַmānwōḥaQuiet
לְכַףləḵap̄To hollow hand
רַגְלָהּragəlāhFoot
וַתָּשָׁבwatāšāvAnd turn
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box
כִּיRelative conjunction
מַיִםmayimWaters
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send
יָדוֹyādwōHand
וַיִּקָּחֶהָwayiqāḥehāAnd take
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

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