What kind of verb is נִשְׁחָ֑תָה in Genesis 6:12

Question

In Genesis 6:12 we read in the Hebrew text that the verb נִשְׁחָ֑תָה is preceded by a demonstrative particle וְהִנֵּ֣ה and suceeded by the noun כִּֽי which is not a direct object. In translations, it reads like, "it was corrupted..." So i think that it neither has a subject nor an object (correct me if I'm wrong), so what kind of verb would that be? And how does it function in such a state?

Answer 1

The subject of the verb נִשְׁחָתָה (nischata), “it had been ruined,” is the preceding הָאָרֶץ (ha-aretz), “the earth.”

¹² God looked upon the earth, and behold, it had been ruined.

The antecedent of the pronoun “it” is the noun “the earth.”

כִּי is not a noun. In this context, it functions as a conjunction meaning “because, for, since.” It introduces the reason why the earth had been ruined.

¹² And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it had been ruined, because all flesh had ruined his way upon the earth.