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Andוַthe watersהַמַּיִםprevailedיִּגְבְּרוּand increasedוַיִּרְבּוּgreatlyמְאֹדonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץandוַthe arkהַתֵּבָהmovedתֵּלֶךְonעַלthe surfaceפְּנֵיof the waters.הַמָּיִם
Genesis 7:18
Study it in the app“And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:18, word by word
- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- prevailedיִּגְבְּרוּyigbru
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “yigbru” appears- and increasedיִּרְבּוּyirbu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbu” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” 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- movedתֵּלֶךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- the surfaceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears
The context
17And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.
18 · This verse (above)
19And the waters prevailed very, very much on the earth, and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.
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?