Genesis 8:2
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The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
In other translations
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Hebrew words
וַיִּסָּכְרוּvaiyisakheruand they were shut upH5534מַעְיְנֹתma'yenot[the] springs ofH4599תְּהוֹםtehom[the] deepH8415וַאֲרֻבֹּתva'arubotand [the] floodgates ofH699הַשָּׁמָיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וַיִּכָּלֵאvaiyikale'and it was restrainedH3607הַגֶּשֶׁםhageshemthe rainH1653מִן־min-fromH4480הַשָּׁמָיִם׃hashamayimthe heavensH8064
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