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Genesis 7:17-24

17And the floodהַמַּבּ֛וּלha.ma.BulH3999was fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705daysי֖וֹםYomH3117upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;and the watersהַמַּ֗יִםha.Ma.yimH4325increasedוַיִּרְבּ֣וּvai.yir.BuH7235,and bare upוַיִּשְׂאוּ֙vai.yis.'UH5375the arkהַתֵּבָ֔הha.te.VahH8392,and it was lift upוַתָּ֖רָםva.Ta.romH7311above the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

18And the watersהַמַּ֛יִםha.Ma.yimH4325prevailedוַיִּגְבְּר֥וּvai.yig.be.RuH1396,and were increasedוַיִּרְבּ֥וּvai.yir.BuH7235greatlyמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;and the arkהַתֵּבָ֖הha.te.VahH8392wentH3212upon the faceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of the watersהַמָּֽיִם׃ha.Ma.yimH4325.

19And the watersוְהַמַּ֗יִםve.ha.Ma.yimH4325prevailedגָּֽבְר֛וּga.ve.RuH1396exceedinglyH3966upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;and all the highהַגְּבֹהִ֔יםha.ge.vo.HimH1364hillsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022, that wereunderתַּ֖חַתTa.chatH8478the whole heavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,were coveredוַיְכֻסּ֗וּvay.khu.SuH3680.

20Fifteenחֲמֵ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֤הcha.Mesh 'es.RehH2568 H6240cubitsאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520upwardמִלְמַ֔עְלָהmil.Ma'.lahH4605did the watersהַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimH4325prevailגָּבְר֖וּga.ve.RuH1396;and the mountainsהֶהָרִֽים׃he.ha.RimH2022were coveredוַיְכֻסּ֖וּvay.khu.SuH3680.

21And all fleshבָּשָׂ֣ר׀ba.SarH1320diedוַיִּגְוַ֞עvai.yig.Va'H1478that movedהָרֹמֵ֣שׂha.ro.MesH7430upon the earthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776,both of fowlבָּע֤וֹףba.'ofH5775,and of cattleוּבַבְּהֵמָה֙u.va.be.he.MahH929,and of beastוּבַ֣חַיָּ֔הu.Va.chai.YahH2416,and of every creeping thingהַשֶּׁ֖רֶץha.She.retzH8318that creepethהַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץha.sho.RetzH8317upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and every manהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120:

22All in whose nostrilsבְּאַפָּ֗יוbe.'a.PavH639wasthe breathנִשְׁמַת־ ר֨וּחַnish.mat- Ru.achH7307 H5397of lifeחַיִּ֜יםchai.YimH2416, of all that wasin the dryבֶּחָֽרָבָ֖הbe.cha.ra.VahH2724land,diedמֵֽתוּ׃Me.tuH4191.

23And every living substanceהַיְק֣וּם׀hay.KumH3351was destroyedוַיִּ֜מַחvai.Yi.machH4229which was upon the faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the groundהָֽאֲדָמָ֗הha.'a.da.MahH127,both manמֵאָדָ֤םme.'a.DamH120,and cattleבְּהֵמָה֙be.he.MahH929,and the creeping thingsרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙re.mesH7431,and the fowlע֣וֹףofH5775of the heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;and they were destroyedוַיִּמָּח֖וּvai.yi.ma.ChuH4229from the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:and Noahנֹ֛חַNo.achH5146onlyאַךְ־'akh-H389remainedוַיִשָּׁ֧אֶרva.yi.Sha.'erH7604alive,and they thatH834werewith him in the arkבַּתֵּבָֽה׃ba.te.VahH8392.

24And the watersהַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimH4325prevailedוַיִּגְבְּר֥וּvai.yig.be.RuH1396upon the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776an hundredוּמְאַ֖תu.me.'AtH3967and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimH2572daysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

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