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וַתָּ֤נַח הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂ֥ר יֹ֖ום לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י אֲרָרָֽט׃ (Genesis 8:4) And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Sentence Breakdown This verse offers a vivid and precise timestamp in the Flood narrative, marked by clear temporal and locative clauses. Here’s the structure: וַתָּנַח הַתֵּבָה — Main clause (Wayyiqtol + subject) בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי — Temporal phrase: “in the seventh month” בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר יֹום לַחֹדֶשׁ — Precise date: “on the seventeenth day of the month” עַל הָרֵי אֲרָרָט — Locative phrase: “on the mountains of Ararat” Grammatical and Syntactic Features Phrase Syntactic Role Explanation וַתָּנַח Main verb (wayyiqtol) Feminine singular wayyiqtol verb from נ֫וּחַ, meaning “and it came to rest.”… Learn Hebrew