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In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
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way·hî wə·šêš- mê·’ō·wṯ bə·’a·ḥaṯ šā·nāh bə·’e·ḥāḏ la·ḥō·ḏeš bā·ri·šō·wn ham·ma·yim ḥā·rə·ḇū mê·‘al hā·’ā·reṣ nō·aḥ ’eṯ- way·yā·sar miḵ·sêh hat·tê·ḇāh way·yar wə·hin·nêh pə·nê hā·’ă·ḏā·māh ḥā·rə·ḇū
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√ hâyâh — to exist, iConjunctive wawVerbQalConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine singular
Function clause: wayhî, “and it came to pass” — the narrative hinge that swings the whole episode from waiting to deliverance.
√ shêsh — six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand)Conjunctive wawNumberfeminine singular construct
√ mêʼâh — a hundredNumberfeminine plural
√ ʼechâd — properly, united, iPreposition-bNumberfeminine singular construct
√ shâneh — a year (as a revolution of time)Nounfeminine singular
√ ʼechâd — properly, united, iPreposition-bNumbermasculine singular
√ chôdesh — the new moonPreposition-l, ArticleNounmasculine singular
√ riʼshôwn — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)Preposition-b, ArticleAdjectivemasculine singular
√ mayim — waterArticleNounmasculine plural
√ chârab — to parch (through drought) iVerbQalPerfectthird person common plural
ḥārəḇū (√ ḥāraḇ), “had dried up” — to parch through drought or heat. The Pulpit Commentary places this as the middle term of a three-verb gradation across vv. 11–14: qālal (abated), ḥāraḇ (dried up, the water gone), yāḇēš (thoroughly dry). Here the standing water has vanished, but the soil is not yet firm.
√ ʻal — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsPreposition-m
√ ʼerets — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)ArticleNounfeminine singular
√ Nôach — Noach, the patriarch of the floodNounpropermasculine singular
√ ʼêth — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)Direct object marker
√ çûwr — to turn off (literal or figurative)Conjunctive wawVerbHifilConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine singular
wayyāsar (Hifil of sûr), “and he caused to turn aside / removed.” Causative: Noah actively put off the covering. The commentators agree he lifted only part of it — enough for a prospect, not a demolition.
√ mikçeh — a covering, iNounmasculine singular construct
√ têbâh — a boxArticleNounfeminine singular
têḇāh, “ark” — properly a box / chest, the same rare word (25 occurrences) used only of Noah’s vessel and of the basket that carried the infant Moses (Exodus 2:3). Both are arks of salvation drawn through the waters.
√ râʼâh — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)Conjunctive wawVerbQalConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine singular
√ hinnêh — lo!Conjunctive wawInterjection
wəhinnêh, “and behold!” — the interjection of sudden sight; it marks the moment the dry face of the soil breaks on Noah’s eyes like good news.
√ pânîym — the face (as the part that turns)Nouncommon plural construct
√ ʼădâmâh — soil (from its general redness)ArticleNounfeminine singular
ʼădāmāh, the cultivable soil cursed in Genesis 3:17 for Adam’s sake. That the ʼădāmāh reappears dry is the first hint that the ground itself is being given back to man.
√ chârab — to parch (through drought) iVerbQalPerfectthird person common plural
ḥārəḇū repeated — the closing verb of the verse restates the drying; the Masoretes write it again to seal the observation Noah makes through the opened covering.