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Genesis 8:7

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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וַיְשַׁלַּ֖חvayshalachand sendשָׁלַחconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and send”, the next action in the storyH7971to 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).הָֽעֹרֵ֑בhaorevthe ravenעֹרֵבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the raven”, the ordinary formH6158a raven (from its dusky hue)raven.וַיֵּצֵ֤אvayetseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…יָצוֹא֙yatsobring forthיָצָאverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “bring forth”, the verb used for emphasisH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…וָשׁ֔וֹבvashovand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, infinitive absolute — “and again”, the verb used for emphasisH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.יְבֹ֥שֶׁתyevoshetbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, qal, infinitive construct — “be ashamed”, the to-form of the verbH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).הַמַּ֖יִםhamayimthe waterמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מֵעַ֥לmealfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.

World English Bible

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

Darby Translation

And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

Douay-Rheims

Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν κόρακα· καὶ ἐξελθὼν, οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν ἕως τοῦ ξηρανθῆναι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.