Genesis 8:2
Strong's Lexicon
The springs
מַעְיְנֹ֣ת (ma‘·yə·nōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4599: 1) spring

of the deep
תְּה֔וֹם (tə·hō·wm)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8415: 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea 1a) deep (of subterranean waters) 1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea) 1c) primeval ocean, deep 1d) deep, depth (of river) 1e) abyss, the grave

and the floodgates
וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת (wa·’ă·rub·bōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 699: 1) lattice, window, sluice 2) (CLBL) chimney (lattice opening where smoke escapes)

of the heavens
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

were closed,
וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ (way·yis·sā·ḵə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5534: 1) to shut up, stop up 1a) (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up 1b) (Piel) to shut up, give over

and the rain
הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם (hag·ge·šem)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1653: 1) rain, shower

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

the sky
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

was restrained.
וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א (way·yik·kā·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3607: 1) to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shut up 1a2) to restrain 1a3) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be restrained 1c) (Piel) to finish

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Young's Literal Translation
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.

New American Standard Bible
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

King James Bible
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.

New Living Translation
The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.

English Standard Version
The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,

New American Standard Bible
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

King James Bible
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.

International Standard Version
The water sources from the ocean depths were blocked and the floodgates of the heavens were closed.

NET Bible
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

American Standard Version
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

English Revised Version
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Young's Literal Translation
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
















Cross References
Genesis 7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:12
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Job 38:16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 7:23
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Genesis 8:3
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:5
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.
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