Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 8:11 Interlinear

came in And the dove to him in the evening leaf was an olive pluckt off and lo in her mouth knew so Noah were abated that the waters from off the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַתָּבֹ֨אH935came into go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
2אֵלָ֤יוH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3הַיּוֹנָה֙H3123And the dovea dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
4לְעֵ֣תH6256to him in the eveningtime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc
5עֶ֔רֶבH6153dusk
6וְהִנֵּ֥הH2009lo!
7עֲלֵהH5929leafa leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
8זַ֖יִתH2132was an olivean olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
9טָרָ֣ףH2965pluckt offrecently torn off, i.e., fresh
10בְּפִ֑יהָH6310and lo in her mouththe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
11וַיֵּ֣דַעH3045knewto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
12נֹ֔חַH5146so Noahnoach, the patriarch of the flood
13כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
14קַ֥לּוּH7043were abatedto be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
15הַמַּ֖יִםH4325that the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
16מֵעַ֥לH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
17הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776from off the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Genesis 8:10And he stayed seven days yet other and again...
Genesis 8:11 (current)came in And the dove to him in the evening leaf was an olive pluckt off and lo in her mouth knew so Noah were abated that the waters from off the earth
Genesis 8:12And he stayed unto him any more seven days yet other and sent forth...

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