King James Version

Genesis 8:10

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

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וַיָּ֣חֶלvayacheland danceחוּלconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dance”, the next action in the storyH2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervertbear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarr…ע֔וֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).שִׁבְעַ֥תshivatsevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “seven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).יָמִ֖יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אֲחֵרִ֑יםacherimother manאַחֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “other man”, the ordinary formH312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.(an-) other man, following, next, strange.וַיֹּ֛סֶףvayosefand addיָסַףconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and add”, the next action in the storyH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…שַׁלַּ֥חshalachsendשָׁלַחverb, piel, infinitive construct — “send”, the to-form of the verbH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַיּוֹנָ֖הhayonahthe doveיוֹנָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the dove”, the ordinary formH3123a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)dove, pigeon.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַתֵּבָֽהhatevahthe arkתֵּבָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the ark”, the ordinary formH8392a boxark.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Young’s Literal Translation

And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;

World English Bible

He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.

Darby Translation

And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Douay-Rheims

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας, πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλε τὴν περιστερὰν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ.