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The birds of preyהָעַיִטcame downוַיֵּרֶדonעַלthe carcasses,הַפְּגָרִיםand Abramוַ אַבְרָםdrove them away.יַּשֵּׁב אֹתָם
Genesis 15:11
Study it in the app“The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 15:11, word by word
- The birds of preyעַיִטayit
bird of prey
Bird of prey.
Where else “ayit” appears- came downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- the carcassesפְּגָרִיםpegarim
carcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “pegarim” appears- and Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- drove them awayיַּשֵּׁבyashev
drive away
To make birds fly off.
Where else “yashev” appears
The context
10He brought him all these and cut them in two down the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut in two.
11 · This verse (above)
12As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and look, a terror, a great darkness, was falling on him.
To study Genesis 15 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?