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Fifteenחֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהcubitsאַמָּהupwardמִלְמַעְלָהthe watersהַמָּיִםprevailed,גָּבְרוּandוַthe mountainsהֶהָרִיםwere covered.יְכֻסּוּ
Genesis 7:20
Study it in the app“Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:20, word by word
- Fifteenחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- Fifteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- the watersמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- prevailedגָּבְרוּgavru
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “gavru” appears- the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- were coveredיְכֻסּוּyechusu
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechusu” appears
The context
19And the waters prevailed very, very much on the earth, and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.
20 · This verse (above)
21And all flesh that moved on the earth perished: birds, livestock, animals, and all the swarming things that swarm on the earth, and all human beings.
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?