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And the watersוְהַמַּיִםprevailedגָּבְרוּvery, very muchמְאֹד מְאֹדonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץandוַallכָּלthe highהַגְּבֹהִיםmountainsהֶהָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרareunderתַּחַתallכָּלthe heavensהַשָּׁמָיִםwere covered.יְכֻסּוּ
Genesis 7:19
Study it in the app“And the waters prevailed very, very much on the earth, and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:19, word by word
- And the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- prevailedגָּבְרוּgavru
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “gavru” appears- very, very muchמְאֹדmeod
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 highגְּבֹהִיםgevohim
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevohim” appears- mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- were coveredיְכֻסּוּyechusu
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechusu” appears
The context
18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.
19 · This verse (above)
20Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains 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?