Study it in the app“And 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.”
Andוַallכָּלfleshבָּשָׂרthat movedהָרֹמֵשׂonעַלthe earthהָאָרֶץperished:יִּגְוַעbirds,בָּעוֹףlivestock,וּבַבְּהֵמָהanimals,וּבַחַיָּהand allוּבְכָלthe swarming thingsהַשֶּׁרֶץthat swarmהַשֹּׁרֵץonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץand allוְכֹלhuman beings.הָאָדָם
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appearscreep, move
Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.
Where else “romes” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsbreathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “yigva” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appearsswarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sherets” appearsswarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “shorets” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears20Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.
21 · This verse (above)
22Everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils, of all that was on dry land, died.
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?
