Genesis

Genesis 8:2

²The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The springs	מַעְיְנֹ֣ת	ma‘·yə·nōṯ	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4599 spring
of the deep	תְּה֔וֹם	tə·hō·wm	Noun - common singular	H8415 deep, sea, abyss
and the floodgates	וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת	wa·’ă·rub·bōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct	H699 lattice, window, sluice
of the heavens	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
were closed	וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙	way·yis·sā·ḵə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5534 shut up, stop up
and the rain	הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם	hag·ge·šem	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1653 rain, shower
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the sky	הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
was restrained	וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א	way·yik·kā·lê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3607 shut up, restrain, withhold

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