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Genesis 8

Gen. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The fountains
ma`yan (Hebrew #4599)
or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV usage: fountain, spring, well.
Pronounce: mah-yawn'
Origin: or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}
q also of the deep
thowm (Hebrew #8415)
(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)
KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Pronounce: teh-home'
Origin: or thom {teh-home'}
and the windows
'arubbah (Hebrew #699)
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
KJV usage: chimney, window.
Pronounce: ar-oob-baw'
Origin: feminine participle passive of 693 (as if for lurking)
r of heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the 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)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
were stopped
caker (Hebrew #5534)
to shut up; by implication, to surrender
KJV usage: stop, give over. See also 5462, 7936.
Pronounce: saw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the rain
geshem (Hebrew #1653)
a shower
KJV usage: rain, shower.
Pronounce: gheh'-shem
Origin: from 1652
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the 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)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
was restrained
kala' (Hebrew #3607)
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
KJV usage: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 8:28• 28When he established the skies above;{HR}When the fountains of the deep became strong; (Prov. 8:28)
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Job 38:37• 37Who regulateth the clouds by wisdom,{HR}Or who inclineth the pitchers of heaven, (Job 38:37)
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Matt. 8:27• 27{i}But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?{/i} (Matt. 8:27)

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Fountain,
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The Deep,
Window

Cross References

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fountains.
Gen. 7:11• 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, and the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were broken up all the fountains of the great deep, and the windows of the heavens were opened. (Gen. 7:11)
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Prov. 8:28• 28When he established the skies above;{HR}When the fountains of the deep became strong; (Prov. 8:28)
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Jonah 2:3• 3{i}For thou didst cast me into the depth,{HR}Into the heart of the seas,{HR}And the flood was round about me:{HR}All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.{HR}{/i} (Jonah 2:3)
the rain.
Job 37:11‑13• 11And he loadeth with moisture the cloud,{HR}He scattereth the cloud of his light,
 12Round about it turneth itself by his counsels,{HR}That they may do all for which he commandeth them{HR}On the face of the world — earth.
 13Whether for a scourge, or for his earth (or land),{HR}Or for mercy, he causeth it to come. (Job 37:11‑13)
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Job 38:37• 37Who regulateth the clouds by wisdom,{HR}Or who inclineth the pitchers of heaven, (Job 38:37)
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Matt. 8:9,26‑27• 9{i}For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.{/i}
 26{i}And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.{/i}
 27{i}But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?{/i} (Matt. 8:9,26‑27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And closed were [the] deep’s fountains and heaven’s windows, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.