Genesis 8:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 8:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהַמַּ֗יִם
mayim
H4325
water
הָיוּ֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
הָל֣וֹךְ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
וְחָס֔וֹר
châçêr
H2637
to lack
עַ֖ד
ʻad
H5704
until
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ
chôdesh
H2320
month
הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י
ʻăsîyrîy
H6224
tenth
בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙
ʻăsîyrîy
H6224
tenth
בְּאֶחָ֣ד
ʼechâd
H259
one
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ
chôdesh
H2320
month
נִרְא֖וּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
רָאשֵׁ֥י
rôʼsh
H7218
head
הֶֽהָרִֽים
har
H2022
mountain
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the waters continued to decrease until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).