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alsoגַּםof the birdsמֵעוֹףof the skyהַשָּׁמַיִםsevenשִׁבְעָהandseven,שִׁבְעָהmaleזָכָרand female,וּנְקֵבָהto keepלְחַיּוֹתoffspringזֶרַעaliveחַיּוֹתonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 7:3
Study it in the app“also of the birds of the sky seven and seven, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:3, word by word
- of the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the skyשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male animal
An animal of the male sex, as required for certain sacrifices.
Where else “zachar” appears- and femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva
female
Female; a woman, or a female animal.
Where else “nekeva” appears- to keepחַיּוֹתchayot
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chayot” appears- offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
2Of 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;
3 · This verse (above)
4For in seven more days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out all that exists, which I have made, from the face of the ground.”
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?