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And Noahוְנֹחַwassix hundredשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹתyearsשָׁנָהoldבֶּןwhenוְthe floodהַמַּבּוּלcame,הָיָהwatersמַיִםonעַלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 7:6
Study it in the app“And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came, waters on the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:6, word by word
- And Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
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” appears- six hundredשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- six hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- the floodמַּבּוּלmabul
flood
Flood: the great flood in the days of Noah. The word is almost only used for that event.
Where else “mabul” appears- cameהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
5And Noah did according to all that YHWH had commanded him.
6 · This verse (above)
7And Noah went into the ark, and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the flood.
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?