The Meaning of Genesis 8:5 Explained

Genesis 8:5

KJV: And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

YLT: and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

Darby: And the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

ASV: And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the waters  decreased  continually  until  the tenth  month:  in the tenth  [month], on the first  [day] of the month,  were the tops  of the mountains  seen. 

What does Genesis 8:5 Mean?

Study Notes

tenth month
i.e. January.

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 8:5 mean?

And the waters became steadily decreasing until the month tenth in the tenth [month] on the first [day] of the month were seen the tops of the mountains
וְהַמַּ֗יִם הָיוּ֙ הָל֣וֹךְ וְחָס֔וֹר עַ֖ד הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ נִרְא֖וּ רָאשֵׁ֥י הֶֽהָרִֽים

וְהַמַּ֗יִם  And  the  waters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
הָיוּ֙  became 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הָל֣וֹךְ  steadily 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְחָס֔וֹר  decreasing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: חָסֵר  
Sense: to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need.
עַ֖ד  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  the  month 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י  tenth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: עֲשִׂירִי  
Sense: ordinal number.
בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙  in  the  tenth  [month] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: עֲשִׂירִי  
Sense: ordinal number.
בְּאֶחָ֣ד  on  the  first  [day] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
נִרְא֖וּ  were  seen 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
רָאשֵׁ֥י  the  tops 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הֶֽהָרִֽים  of  the  mountains 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.

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