Focused Passage

Genesis 8:1-5

God Remembers Noah, Causes the Waters to Recede, and Reestablishes Life After Judgment

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1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

3 The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

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Verse 1

Original words

But אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker God אֱלֹהִים֙ H430 Noun - masculine plural remembered וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר H2142 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Noah נֹ֔חַ H5146 Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֵ֤ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the animals הַֽחַיָּה֙ H2416 Article | Noun - feminine singular and וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker - כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct livestock הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה H929 Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative were with him אִתּ֖וֹ H854 Preposition | third person masculine singular in the ark בַּתֵּבָ֑ה H8392 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular And God אֱלֹהִ֥ים H430 Noun - masculine plural sent a wind ר֙וּחַ֙ H7307 Noun - common singular . . . וַיַּעֲבֵ֨ר H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the earth הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and the waters הַמָּֽיִם׃ H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural began to subside וַיָּשֹׁ֖כּוּ H7918 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 2

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The springs מַעְיְנֹ֣ת H4599 Noun - masculine plural construct of the deep תְּה֔וֹם H8415 Noun - common singular and the floodgates וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת H699 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct of the heavens הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural were closed וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ H5534 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural and the rain הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם H1653 Article | Noun - masculine singular from מִן־ H4480 Preposition the sky הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural was restrained וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א H3607 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 3

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The waters הַמַּ֛יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural receded וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural steadily הָל֣וֹךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . וָשׁ֑וֹב H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute from מֵעַ֥ל H5921 Preposition-m the earth הָאָ֖רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and after מִקְצֵ֕ה H7097 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 150 וּמְאַ֖ת H3967 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct . . . חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים H2572 Number - common plural days יֽוֹם׃ H3117 Noun - masculine singular the waters הַמַּ֔יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural had gone down וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ H2637 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 4

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On the seventeenth בְּשִׁבְעָה־ H7651 Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular . . . עָשָׂ֥ר H6240 Number - masculine singular day י֖וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular - לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ H2320 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular of the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י H7637 Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular month בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ H2320 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the ark הַתֵּבָה֙ H8392 Article | Noun - feminine singular came to rest וַתָּ֤נַח H5117 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular on עַ֖ל H5921 Preposition the mountains הָרֵ֥י H2022 Noun - masculine plural construct of Ararat אֲרָרָֽט׃ H780 Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 5

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And the waters וְהַמַּ֗יִם H4325 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural . . . הָיוּ֙ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural continued הָל֣וֹךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute to recede וְחָס֔וֹר H2637 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute until עַ֖ד H5704 Preposition the tenth הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י H6224 Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular month הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ H2320 Article | Noun - masculine singular [and] on the first בְּאֶחָ֣ד H259 Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular day לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ H2320 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular of the tenth month בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙ H6224 Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular the tops רָאשֵׁ֥י H7218 Noun - masculine plural construct of the mountains הֶֽהָרִֽים׃ H2022 Article | Noun - masculine plural became visible נִרְא֖וּ H7200 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural

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