Study it in the app“And he wiped out all that existed that was on the face of the ground, from human being to livestock, to creeping things and to the birds of the sky; and they were wiped out from the earth. And only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.”
Andוַhe wiped outיִּמַחallאֶת כָּלthat existedהַיְקוּםthatאֲשֶׁרwason the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the ground,הָאֲדָמָהfrom human beingמֵאָדָםtoעַדlivestock,בְּהֵמָהtoעַדcreeping thingsרֶמֶשׂand toוְעַדthe birdsעוֹףof the sky;הַשָּׁמַיִםandוַthey were wiped outיִּמָּחוּfrom the earth.מִן הָאָרֶץAndוַonlyאַךְNoahנֹחַwas left,יִשָּׁאֶרand those whoוַאֲשֶׁרwerewith himאִתּוֹin the ark.בַּתֵּבָה
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “yimach” appearsliving thing
Every living thing, all that exists and lives on the earth.
Where else “yekum” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearscreeping thing
Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".
Where else “remes” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsNoah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appearsremain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “yishaer” appearsark
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” appears22Everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils, of all that was on dry land, died.
23 · This verse (above)
24And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
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?
