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Andוַthe watersהַמַּיִםprevailedיִּגְבְּרוּonעַלthe earthהָאָרֶץa hundredמְאַתandוּfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםdays.יוֹם
Genesis 7:24
Study it in the app“And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:24, word by word
- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- prevailedיִּגְבְּרוּyigbru
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “yigbru” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- a hundredמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
23And 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.
24 · This verse (above)
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?