KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the rain” | הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם | A shower | rain |
| “was” | וַיְהִ֥י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | was |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “the earth” | הָאָ֑רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |
| “forty” | אַרְבָּעִ֣ים | Forty | forty |
| “days” | י֔וֹם | A 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 associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “and forty” | וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים | Forty | forty |
| “nights.” | לָֽיְלָה׃ | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | nights |
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10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
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