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And you,וְאַתָּהtakeקַחfor yourselfלְךָof everyמִכָּלfoodמַאֲכָלthatאֲשֶׁרis eaten,יֵאָכֵלandוְgather itאָסַפְתָּto yourself;אֵלֶיךָand it will beוְהָיָהfor youלְךָand for themוְלָהֶםfor food.”לְאָכְלָה
Genesis 6:21
Study it in the app“And you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for you and for them for food.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:21, word by word
- takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- foodמַאֲכָלmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- is eatenיֵאָכֵלyeachel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yeachel” appears- gather itאָסַפְתָּasafta
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “asafta” appears- and it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- for foodאָכְלָהachla
food
What nourishes: the bread from heaven and the sustenance God gives to every creature.
Where else “achla” appears
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22And Noah did so; according to all that Elohim commanded him, so he did.
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)?