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And those that came,וְהַבָּאִיםmaleזָכָרand femaleוּנְקֵבָהof allמִכָּלflesh,בָּשָׂרcameבָּאוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםhad commandedצִוָּהhim;אֹתוֹandוַYHWHיְהוָהshutיִּסְגֹּרthe doorbehind him.בַּעֲדוֹ
Genesis 7:16
Study it in the app“And those that came, male and female of all flesh, came as Elohim had commanded him; and YHWH shut the door behind him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:16, word by word
- And those that cameבָּאִיםbaim
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “baim” 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- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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” appears- shutיִּסְגֹּרyisgor
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “yisgor” appears
The context
15And they came to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.
To study Genesis 7 in a group
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?