Genesis 8:11
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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.And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
In other translations
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.And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
Hebrew words
וַתָּבֹאvatavo'and it cameH935אֵלָיו'elavto himH413הַיּוֹנָהhaiyonahthe doveH3123לְעֵתle'etto [the] time ofH6256עֶרֶב'ereveveningH6153וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009עֲלֵה־'aleh-a leaf ofH5929זַיִתzayitoliveH2132טָרָףtaraffreshly pluckedH2965בְּפִיהָbefiha[was] in mouth itsH6310וַיֵּדַעvaiyeda'and he knewH3045נֹחַnoachNoahH5146כִּי־ki-thatH3588קַלּוּkaluthey were abatedH7043הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe earthH776
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