The Meaning of Genesis 7:19 Explained

Genesis 7:19

KJV: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

YLT: And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which are under the whole heavens;

Darby: And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.

ASV: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the waters  prevailed  exceedingly  upon the earth;  and all the high  hills,  that [were] under  the whole heaven,  were covered. 

What does Genesis 7:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 7:1-24 - The Great Flood
What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all living things in the first homes of human life had perished. Equally sudden and unexpected shall be the days of the Son of Man. See Luke 17:26; 2 Peter 3:7. But what drowns other men only lifts the child of God nearer his home. The waters bear up the ark. When the loftiest refuges of lies and pride are submerged, and the whole landscape is covered with a monotonous waste of trouble, God says to the soul, "Come into the ark." It is as though He is inside and wants us to enter into close fellowship with Himself. See Psalms 27:5. When God shuts the door behind us, no power can force, no skeleton key can unlock, and no wedge can pry the door. For the extent of the Deluge it is appropriate to consider Luke 2:1-3. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 7

1  Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark
6  The flood begins
17  The increase of the flood for forty days
21  All flesh is destroyed by it
24  Its duration of 150 days

What do the individual words in Genesis 7:19 mean?

And the waters prevailed more exceedingly on the earth and were covered all the hills high that under whole the heaven
וְהַמַּ֗יִם גָּֽבְר֛וּ מְאֹ֥ד מְאֹ֖ד עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיְכֻסּ֗וּ כָּל־ הֶֽהָרִים֙ הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־ תַּ֖חַת כָּל־ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

וְהַמַּ֗יִם  And  the  waters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
גָּֽבְר֛וּ  prevailed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: גָּבַר  
Sense: to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great.
מְאֹ֥ד  more 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
מְאֹ֖ד  exceedingly 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
הָאָ֑רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וַיְכֻסּ֗וּ  and  were  covered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Pual, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
הֶֽהָרִים֙  the  hills 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים  high 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: גָּבֹהַּ  
Sense: high, exalted.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
תַּ֖חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
כָּל־  whole 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם  the  heaven 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.

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