Genesis 8:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Then he sentוַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח
(vay·shal·lach)
7971: to senda prim. root
out a doveהַיֹּונָ֖ה
(hai·yo·v·nah)
3123: dovefrom an unused word
from him, to seeלִרְאֹות֙
(lir·'o·vt)
7200: to seea prim. root
if the waterהַמַּ֔יִם
(ham·ma·yim,)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
was abatedהֲקַ֣לּוּ
(ha·kal·lu)
7043: to be slight, swift or triflinga prim. root
from the faceפְּנֵ֥י
(pe·nei)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
of the land;הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
(ha·'a·da·mah.)
127: ground, landfrom the same as adam


















KJV Lexicon
Also he sent forth
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
a dove
yownah  (yo-naw')
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating) -- dove, pigeon.
from him to see
ra'ah  (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
if 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 face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of the ground
'adamah  (ad-aw-maw')
soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;

King James Bible
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth's surface had gone down,

International Standard Version
Later, he sent a dove out from the ark to see whether the water that covered the land's surface had completely receded,

NET Bible
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Next, he sent out a dove to see if the water was gone from the surface of the ground.

King James 2000 Bible
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
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