Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 8:2 Interlinear

were stopped The fountains also of the deep and the windows from heaven was restrained and the rain from heaven

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙H5534were stoppedto shut up; by implication, to surrender
2מַעְיְנֹ֣תH4599The fountainsa fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
3תְּה֔וֹםH8415also of the deepan abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
4וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖תH699and the windowsa lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
5הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃H8064from heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
6וַיִּכָּלֵ֥אH3607was restrainedto restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
7הַגֶּ֖שֶׁםH1653and the raina shower
8מִןH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
9הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃H8064from heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

Verse Context

Genesis 8:1remembered And God Noah ...
Genesis 8:2 (current)were stopped The fountains also of the deep and the windows from heaven was restrained and the rain from heaven
Genesis 8:3returned And the waters from off the earth continually returned...

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