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And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. (KJV)
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וְנֹ֕חַve.No.achand Noah
Lemma: נֹחַ (no.ach) · Strong's: H5146
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Noah
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 5:30, Genesis 5:32, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5146; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 1
בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: aged
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 11:10, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121L; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 2
שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsix
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)
Meaning: six
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 46:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 3
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAcfpa)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 4
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 5
וְהַמַּבּ֣וּלve.ham.ma.Buland the flood
Lemma: מַבּוּל (mab.bul) · Strong's: H3999
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: flood
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 7:10, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3999; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 6
הָיָ֔הha.Yah<it> was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 7
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 8
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 9
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 7:6 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now Noah | → | נֹחַ H5146 Noah |
| was 600 | → | שֵׁשׁ H8337 six |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| old | → | בֵּן H1121L son: aged |
| when the floodwaters | → | מַבּוּל H3999 flood |
| . . . | → | מַי H4325G water |
| came | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| upon | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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