Study it in the app“Of every clean animal you shall take for yourself seven and seven, the male and its female; and of the animals that are not clean, they are two, the male and its female;”
Of everyמִכֹּלcleanהַטְּהוֹרָהanimalהַבְּהֵמָהyou shall takeתִּקַּחfor yourselfלְךָsevenשִׁבְעָהandseven,שִׁבְעָהthe maleאִישׁand its female;וְאִשְׁתּוֹand of the animalsוּמִן הַבְּהֵמָהthatאֲשֶׁרarenotלֹאclean,טְהֹרָהtheyהִואaretwo,שְׁנַיִםthe maleאִישׁand its female;וְאִשְׁתּוֹ
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tehora” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsfemale
The female of an animal.
Where else “isht” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsThe text calls the male and the female “a man and his wife” (ish ve-ishto).
1And YHWH said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for you I have seen to be righteous before me in this generation.
2 · This verse (above)
3also of the birds of the sky seven and seven, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
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?
