King James Version
Genesis 8:6 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:”
Genesis 8:6 · KJV
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. decreased: Heb. were in going and decreasing
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. to: Heb. in going forth and returning
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it came to pass at the end”
H7093an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
“days”
H3117a 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
“opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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