Genesis

Genesis 8:7

⁷and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and sent out	וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח	way·šal·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
a raven	הָֽעֹרֵ֑ב	hā·‘ō·rêḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6158 raven
It kept flying back and forth	וַיֵּצֵ֤א	way·yê·ṣê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the waters	הַמַּ֖יִם	ham·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
had dried up	יְבֹ֥שֶׁת	yə·ḇō·šeṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
from	מֵעַ֥ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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