Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Genesis 7:18

Context
NETBible

The waters completely overwhelmed 1  the earth, and the ark floated 2  on the surface of the waters.

XREF

Ex 14:28; Job 22:16; Ps 69:15; Ps 104:26

NET © Notes

tn Heb “and the waters were great and multiplied exceedingly.” The first verb in the sequence is וַיִּגְבְּרוּ (vayyigbÿru, from גָּבַר, gavar), meaning “to become great, mighty.” The waters did not merely rise; they “prevailed” over the earth, overwhelming it.

tn Heb “went.”



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