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Of the cleanהַטְּהוֹרָהanimalsמִן הַבְּהֵמָהand of the animalsוּמִן הַבְּהֵמָהthatאֲשֶׁרarenotאֵינֶנָּהclean,טְהֹרָהand of the birds,וּמִן הָעוֹףand of everythingוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרcreepsרֹמֵשׂonעַלthe ground,הָאֲדָמָה
Genesis 7:8
Study it in the app“Of the clean animals and of the animals that are not clean, and of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:8, word by word
- Of the cleanטְּהוֹרָהtehora
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tehora” appears- animalsבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- and of the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- creepsרֹמֵשׂromes
creep, 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” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9two and two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as Elohim had commanded Noah.
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?