Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 7:12 Interlinear

And the rain was upon the earth and forty days and forty nights

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֥יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2הַגֶּ֖שֶׁםH1653And the raina shower
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4הָאָ֑רֶץH776was upon the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5וְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםH705and fortyforty
6י֔וֹםH3117daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
7וְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםH705and fortyforty
8לָֽיְלָה׃H3915nightsproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity

Verse Context

Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth In life of Noah's...
Genesis 7:12 (current) And the rain was upon the earth and forty days and forty nights
Genesis 7:13In the selfsame day entered Noah and Shem...

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