Study it in the app“they, and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird, every winged creature.”
they,הֵמָּהand everyוְכָלanimalהַחַיָּהaccording to its kind,לְמִינָהּand allוְכָלthe livestockהַבְּהֵמָהaccording to their kind,לְמִינָהּand everyוְכָלcreeping thingהָרֶמֶשׂthat creepsהָרֹמֵשׂonעַלthe earthהָאָרֶץaccording to its kind,לְמִינֵהוּand everyוְכָלbirdהָעוֹףaccording to its kind,לְמִינֵהוּeveryכֹּלbird,צִפּוֹרeveryכָּלwinged creature.כָּנָף
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appearskind
Kind, sort. It appears in the phrase "according to its kind": each living thing according to its type.
Where else “mina” 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” appearscreep, move
Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.
Where else “romes” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearsbird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appearswing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kanaf” appears13On that very day Noah went into the ark, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons with them,
14 · This verse (above)
15And they came to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.
1. What it says
Who entered the ark, and what did YHWH do after they went in (vv. 7, 16)?
2. What it means
What does the text teach by repeating that Noah did all that Elohim had commanded him (vv. 5, 9)?
3. How I live it
What step you have been putting off can you take this week in obedience to what you know is good?
