Study it in the app“And I, look, I am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life, from under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.”
And I,וַאֲנִיlook,הִנְנִיI am bringingמֵבִיאthe floodאֶת הַמַּבּוּלof watersמַיִםonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץto destroyלְשַׁחֵתallכָּלfleshבָּשָׂרin whichאֲשֶׁר בּוֹisthe spiritרוּחַof life,חַיִּיםfrom underמִתַּחַתthe heavens;הַשָּׁמָיִםeverythingכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרison the earthבָּאָרֶץwill perish.יִגְוָע
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appearsflood
Flood: the great flood in the days of Noah. The word is almost only used for that event.
Where else “mabul” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachet” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsbreathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “yigva” appears16An opening you shall make for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and the door of the ark you shall put in its side; with lower, second, and third decks you shall make it.
17 · This verse (above)
18But I will establish my covenant with you; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you.
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?
