11. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 7:11:1 ⧉בִּשְׁנַ֨תbishenatin the year of Genesis 7:11:2 ⧉שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֤וֹתsheshmeotsix hundred Genesis 7:11:3 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayear Genesis 7:11:4 ⧉לְחַיֵּי־נֹ֔חַlekhaiyenoakhof Noah's life Genesis 7:11:5 ⧉בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙bakhodeshin the month Genesis 7:11:6 ⧉הַשֵּׁנִ֔יhashshenithe second Genesis 7:11:7 ⧉בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂ֥רbeshivahasaron the seventeenth Genesis 7:11:8 ⧉י֖וֹםyomday Genesis 7:11:9 ⧉לַחֹ֑דֶשׁlakhodeshof the month Genesis 7:11:10 ⧉בַּיּ֣וֹםbayomon the day Genesis 7:11:11 ⧉הַזֶּ֗הhazzehthis Genesis 7:11:12 ⧉נִבְקְעוּ֙nivkeoowere split open Genesis 7:11:13 ⧉כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת֙kalmayenotall the springs of Genesis 7:11:14 ⧉תְּה֣וֹםtehomthe deep Genesis 7:11:15 ⧉רַבָּ֔הrabagreat Genesis 7:11:16 ⧉וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥תvaarubotand the windows of Genesis 7:11:17 ⧉הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםhashshamayimthe heavens Genesis 7:11:18 ⧉נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃niftakhuwere opened |
11. Formal Translation In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on this very day—all the springs of the great deep broke open, and the windows of the heavens were opened. |
11. Dynamic Translation In Noah’s six hundredth year, on the seventeenth day of the second month, that very day every spring from the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the sky were opened wide. |