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And of everyוּמִכָּלliving thing,הָחַיof allמִכָּלflesh,בָּשָׂרtwoשְׁנַיִםof every kindמִכֹּלyou shall bringתָּבִיאintoאֶלthe ark,הַתֵּבָהto keep them aliveלְהַחֲיֹתwith you;אִתָּךְthey shall beיִהְיוּmaleזָכָרand female.וּנְקֵבָה
Genesis 6:19
Study it in the app“And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:19, word by word
- living thingחַיchay
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chay” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- you shall bringתָּבִיאtavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tavi” appears- the arkתֵּבָהteva
ark
Ark: a large box or chest. It is Noah's vessel; the same word is used only again for the basket where the baby Moses was put (Exodus 2:3).
Where else “teva” appears- to keep them aliveהַחֲיֹתhachayot
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hachayot” appears- they shall beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male animal
An animal of the male sex, as required for certain sacrifices.
Where else “zachar” appears- and femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva
female
Female; a woman, or a female animal.
Where else “nekeva” appears
The context
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.
19 · This verse (above)
20Of the birds according to their kind, and of the livestock according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to be kept alive.
To study Genesis 6 in a group
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)?