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Genesis 8:5 Interlinear

And the waters continually decreased until day of the month in the tenth in the tenth month on the first day of the month seen were the tops of the mountains

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהַמַּ֗יִםH4325And the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
2הָיוּ֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3הָל֣וֹךְH1980continuallyto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
4וְחָס֔וֹרH2637decreasedto lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
5עַ֖דH5704untilas far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
6לַחֹ֔דֶשׁH2320day of the monththe new moon; by implication, a month
7בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙H6224in the tenthtenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
8בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙H6224in the tenthtenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
9בְּאֶחָ֣דH259month on the firstproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
10לַחֹ֔דֶשׁH2320day of the monththe new moon; by implication, a month
11נִרְא֖וּH7200seento see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
12רָאשֵׁ֥יH7218were the topsthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
13הֶֽהָרִֽים׃H2022of the mountainsa mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Verse Context

Genesis 8:4rested And the ark month in the seventh on the seventeenth...
Genesis 8:5 (current)And the waters continually decreased until day of the month in the tenth in the tenth month on the first day of the month seen were the tops of the mountains
Genesis 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days opened that Noah...

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