By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
OJBThrough this very mayim, the tevel (world) of that time perished in the mabbul (flood).
TCENTAnd by the water and the word, the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
T4TAnd God, by commanding that it should be so, later destroyed the world that existed at that time, by causing the earth to be flooded with water {water to flood the earth}.