The Meaning of Genesis 8:3 Explained

Genesis 8:3

KJV: And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

YLT: And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

Darby: And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

ASV: and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the waters  returned  from off the earth  continually:  and after the end  of the hundred  and fifty  days  the waters  were abated. 

What does Genesis 8:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 8:1-22 - Noah Leaves The Ark
Traditions of the Flood are found in every country, from the tablets of Babylon to the rude carvings of the Aztecs, proving man's common origin. "God remembered Noah." He could not forget, because He had entered into covenant with him and his. Though the floods have been abroad on your life for long years, God has not forgotten you. Sooner might a woman forget her babe! Noah's window only looked upward. It had no outlook on the waters, therefore he sent forth the birds. Dove and raven issued from the same window, so the child of God and the wayward, willful child may issue from the same family; but the former cannot find satisfaction with what satisfies the other, but wings its flight back to God. See Psalms 116:7. Through God's grace Noah stepped out into the new world-the world of resurrection. His first act was the burned-offering of consecration, which was followed immediately by promise. See Romans 12:1-2. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 8

1  God remembers Noah and calms the waters
4  The ark rests on Ararat
6  Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove
13  Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark
20  He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,
21  which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more

What do the individual words in Genesis 8:3 mean?

And receded the waters from the earth going back steadily and decreased the waters at the end of fifty and a hundred days
וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ הַמַּ֛יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָ֖רֶץ הָל֣וֹךְ וָשׁ֑וֹב וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם מִקְצֵ֕ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת יֽוֹם

וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ  And  receded 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
הַמַּ֛יִם  the  waters 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
הָאָ֖רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הָל֣וֹךְ  going  back 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וָשׁ֑וֹב  steadily 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ  and  decreased 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָסֵר  
Sense: to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need.
הַמַּ֔יִם  the  waters 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
מִקְצֵ֕ה  at  the  end 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָצֶה 
Sense: end, extremity.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  of  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וּמְאַ֖ת  and  a  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
יֽוֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.

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