ࠅࠉࠄࠉ ࠄࠂࠔࠌ ࠏࠋ ࠄࠀࠃࠑ ࠀࠓࠁࠏࠉࠌ ࠉࠅࠌ ࠅࠀࠓࠁࠏࠉࠌ ࠋࠉࠋࠄ
Gen. 7:12 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויהי הגשם על הארץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה׃
Gen. 7:12 [Masoretic Text]
וַֽיְהִ֥י הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים יֹ֔ום וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָֽיְלָה׃
And the rain was upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויהי | ࠅࠉࠄࠉ | And it was |
| 2 | הגשם | ࠄࠂࠔࠌ | The rain |
| 3 | על | ࠏࠋ | On |
| 4 | הארץ | ࠄࠀࠃࠑ | The earth |
| 5 | ארבעים | ࠀࠓࠁࠏࠉࠌ | Forty |
| 6 | יום | ࠉࠅࠌ | Days |
| 7 | וארבעים | ࠅࠀࠓࠁࠏࠉࠌ | And forty |
| 8 | לילה | ࠋࠉࠋࠄ | Nights |
Morphology
- וַֽיְהִ֥י (vayyĕhî) – Root: היה (h-y-h); Form: Qal imperfect, third masculine singular with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And it was”; Notes: Indicates the continuation of events.
- הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם (haggĕšem) – Root: גשם (g-š-m); Form: Noun, singular masculine with definite article; Translation: “the rain”; Notes: Refers to the specific rainfall of the flood.
- עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ (ʿal-hāʾāreṣ) – Root: ארץ (ʾ-r-ṣ); Form: Preposition עַל + noun, singular feminine with definite article; Translation: “upon the earth”; Notes: Indicates the location where the rain occurred.
- אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (ʾarbaʿîm) – Root: ארבע (ʾ-r-b-ʿ); Form: Numeral, plural masculine; Translation: “forty”; Notes: Specifies the duration of the rain in days.
- יֹ֔ום (yôm) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Noun, singular masculine; Translation: “days”; Notes: Complements the duration specified.
- וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים (wəʾarbaʿîm) – Root: ארבע (ʾ-r-b-ʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + numeral, plural masculine; Translation: “and forty”; Notes: Indicates an additional duration.
- לָֽיְלָה (lāylāh) – Root: ליל (l-y-l); Form: Noun, singular masculine; Translation: “nights”; Notes: Completes the duration by specifying nights.