Study it in the app“And YHWH said, “I will wipe out the human being whom I have created from the face of the ground, from human being to livestock, to creeping things and to the birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I made them.””
AndוַYHWHיְהוָהsaid,יֹּאמֶר“I will wipe outאֶמְחֶהthe human beingאֶת הָאָדָםwhomאֲשֶׁרI have createdבָּרָאתִיfrom the faceמֵעַל פְּנֵיof the ground,הָאֲדָמָהfrom human beingמֵאָדָםtoעַדlivestock,בְּהֵמָהtoעַדcreeping thingsרֶמֶשׂand toוְעַדthe birdsעוֹףof the sky,הַשָּׁמָיִםforכִּיI am sorryנִחַמְתִּיthatכִּיI made them.”עֲשִׂיתִם
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsblot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “emche” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearscreate
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “barati” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearscreeping thing
Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".
Where else “remes” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsfeel sorry
To grieve over something done, or to feel sorrow for someone.
Where else “nichamti” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appears6And YHWH was sorry that he had made the human being on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.
7 · This verse (above)
8But Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH.
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)?
