Genesis 8:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.”
עֶרֶב
Evening, sunset. Ereb. Evening came and morning followed. God marks time. Every ending is the beginning of a new day in His calendar.
קָלַל
they were abated
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קָלַל
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
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זַיִת
Olive
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זַיִת
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
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עָלֶה
Leaf
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עָלֶה
a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
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יוֹנָה
Dove
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יוֹנָה
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
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נֹחַ
Noah
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נֹחַ
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
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טָרָף
freshly plucked
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טָרָף
recently torn off, i.e. fresh
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