OET interlinear GEN 8:5

uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠הַ⁠מַּ֗יִם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,waters they_were continued and,decreasing until the,month (the),tenth in,[month] on_[day],one of,month appeared tops_of of,the_mountains )

Alternate translation: [Then the water] or [The water]

הָיוּ֙ הָל֣וֹךְ וְ⁠חָס֔וֹר

they_were continued and,decreasing

See how you translated decreased in verse 3. Alternate translation: [continued to go away] or [kept subsiding]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

עַ֖ד הַ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽ⁠עֲשִׂירִ֑י בָּֽ⁠עֲשִׂירִי֙ בְּ⁠אֶחָ֣ד לַ⁠חֹ֔דֶשׁ

until the,month (Some words not found in UHB: and,the,waters they_were continued and,decreasing until the,month (the),tenth in,[month] on_[day],one of,month appeared tops_of of,the_mountains )

See how you translated a similar time phrase in verse 4. Alternate translation: [until the tenth month of the year. On the first day of that month]

רָאשֵׁ֥י הֶֽ⁠הָרִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,waters they_were continued and,decreasing until the,month (the),tenth in,[month] on_[day],one of,month appeared tops_of of,the_mountains )

Alternate translation: [the mountaintops]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נִרְא֖וּ

appeared

Alternate translation: [could be seen above the water by Noah] or [appeared above the surface of the water]