What does מַבּוּל (lammabbûl) mean in the Bible?
מַבּוּל (lammabbûl) is a Hebrew word meaning "a deluge".
Hebrew · H3999
מַבּוּל
A deluge
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מַבּוּל H3999
Pronunciation lammabbûl
What does מַבּוּל (lammabbûl) mean in the Bible?
מַבּוּל (lammabbûl) is a Hebrew word meaning "a deluge".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3999?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the flood (5), a flood (2), . . . (1), floodwaters (1), of a flood (1).
Where does מַבּוּל (lammabbûl) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 6:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (12), Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the flood 5× Genesis 7:17, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:32
a flood 2× Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:15
. . . 1× Genesis 7:10
floodwaters 1× Genesis 6:17
of a flood 1× Genesis 9:11
of the flood 1× Genesis 7:7
over the flood 1× Psalms 29:10
when the floodwaters 1× Genesis 7:6
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 6:17 הַמַּבּ֥וּל to floodwaters Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 7:6 וְהַמַּבּ֣וּל to when the floodwaters Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 7:7 הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ to of the flood Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 7:10 הַמַּבּ֔וּל to . . . Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 7:17 הַמַּבּ֛וּל to the flood Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 9:11 הַמַּבּ֑וּל to of a flood Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 9:11 מַבּ֖וּל to a flood Noun - masculine singular Genesis 9:15 לְמַבּ֔וּל to a flood Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 9:28 הַמַּבּ֑וּל to the flood Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 10:1 הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ to the flood Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 6:17
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 2
Genesis 12 Psalms 1
Source forms
הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ 3x ham·mab·būl Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 11:10
הַמַּבּ֑וּל 2x ham·mab·būl Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:28
הַמַּבּ֥וּל 1x ham·mab·būl Genesis 6:17
הַמַּבּ֔וּל 1x ham·mab·būl Genesis 7:10
הַמַּבּ֛וּל 1x ham·mab·būl Genesis 7:17
הַמַּבּֽוּל׃פ 1x ham·mab·būl Genesis 10:32
וְהַמַּבּ֣וּל 1x wə·ham·mab·būl Genesis 7:6
לְמַבּ֔וּל 1x lə·mab·būl Genesis 9:15
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 9x Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 7:10, Genesis 7:17
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 7:6
Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 9:11
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 9:15
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 29:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a deluge
Source Gloss
a deluge
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a deluge BDB: flood Usage: flood.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
Over the flood; at the deluge; refers to the cataclysmic, chaotic waters of judgment and primeval disorder
Showing 1 selected witness from 13 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
מַבּוּל is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain