King James Version

Genesis 8:2

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

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וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙vayisakhervand stopסָכַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and stop”, the next action in the storyH5534to shut up; by implication, to surrenderstop, give over. See also H5462 (סָגַר), H7936 (שָׂכַר).מַעְיְנֹ֣תmayenotfountainמַעְיָןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “fountain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)fountain, spring, well.תְּה֔וֹםtehomdeepתְּהוֹםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)deep (place), depth.וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖תvaarubotand chimneyאֲרֻבָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and chimney”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH699a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)chimney, window.הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וַיִּכָּלֵ֥אvayikaleand finishכָּלָאconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and finish”, the next action in the storyH3607to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.הַגֶּ֖שֶׁםhageshemthe showerגֶּשֶׁםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the shower”, the ordinary formH1653a showerrain, shower.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.הַשָּׁמָֽיִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

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American Standard Version (1901)

the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Young’s Literal Translation

and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

World English Bible

The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Darby Translation

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

Douay-Rheims

The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῆς ἀβύσσου, καὶ οἱ καταῤῥάκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.