Genesis 8:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The doveהַיֹּונָה֙
(hai·yo·v·nah)
3123: dovefrom an unused word
cameוַתָּבֹ֨א
(vat·ta·vo)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
to him toward evening,עֶ֔רֶב
(e·rev,)
6153: eveningfrom an unused word
and behold,וְהִנֵּ֥ה
(ve·hin·neh)
2009: lo! behold!prol. of hen
in her beakבְּפִ֑יהָ
(be·fi·ha;)
6310: moutha prim. root
was a freshly pickedטָרָ֣ף
(ta·raf)
2965: fresh-pluckedfrom taraph
oliveזַ֖יִת
(za·yit)
2132: olive tree, oliveof uncertain derivation
leaf.עֲלֵה־
(a·leh-)
5929: leaf, leafagefrom alah
So Noahנֹ֔חַ
(no·ach,)
5146: "rest," patriarch who survived the floodfrom nuach
knewוַיֵּ֣דַע
(vai·ye·da)
3045: to knowa prim. root
that the waterהַמַּ֖יִם
(ham·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
was abatedקַ֥לּוּ
(kal·lu)
7043: to be slight, swift or triflinga prim. root
from the earth.הָאָֽרֶץ׃
(ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And the dove
yownah  (yo-naw')
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating) -- dove, pigeon.
came in
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to him in the evening
`eth  (ayth)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
`ereb  (eh'-reb)
dusk -- + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
and lo in her mouth
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
was an olive
zayith  (zay'-yith)
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry -- olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
leaf
`aleh  (aw-leh')
a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage -- branch, leaf.
pluckt off
taraph  (taw-rawf')
recently torn off, i.e. fresh -- pluckt off.
so Noah
Noach  (no'-akh)
rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood -- Noah.
knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
that the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
were abated
qalal  (kaw-lal')
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)whet.
from off the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.

King James Bible
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth's surface had gone down.

International Standard Version
The dove returned to him in the evening, but in its beak there was an olive leaf that it had plucked! So Noah knew that the flood waters had decreased on the land.

NET Bible
When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The dove came to him in the evening, and in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf. Then Noah knew that the water was gone from the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was a plucked off olive leaf: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
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