3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 8:3:1 ⧉וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּvayashuvu{And they} receded Genesis 8:3:2 ⧉הַמַּ֛יִםhamayimthe waters Genesis 8:3:3 ⧉מֵעַ֥לmealfrom upon Genesis 8:3:4 ⧉הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earth Genesis 8:3:5 ⧉הָל֣וֹךְhalokhgoing Genesis 8:3:6 ⧉וָשׁ֑וֹבvashovand returning Genesis 8:3:7 ⧉וַיַּחְסְר֣וּvayakhseru{And they} abated Genesis 8:3:8 ⧉הַמַּ֔יִםhamayimthe waters Genesis 8:3:9 ⧉מִקְצֵ֕הmiktsefrom the end of Genesis 8:3:10 ⧉חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםkhamishimfifty Genesis 8:3:11 ⧉וּמְאַ֖תumeatand one hundred Genesis 8:3:12 ⧉יֽוֹם׃yomdays |
3. Formal Translation The waters drew back from the earth, going and returning, and by the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had lessened. |
3. Dynamic Translation The floodwaters kept pulling away from the earth, and when one hundred and fifty days were completed, the waters were much lower. |