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twoשְׁנַיִםandtwoשְׁנַיִםthey cameבָּאוּto Noahאֶל נֹחַintoאֶלthe ark,הַתֵּבָהmaleזָכָרand female,וּנְקֵבָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםhad commandedצִוָּהNoah.אֶת נֹחַ
Genesis 7:9
Study it in the app“two and two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as Elohim had commanded Noah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:9, word by word
- twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- they cameבָּאוּbau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bau” appears- to 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- the arkתֵּבָהteva
ark
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” 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- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
8Of the clean animals and of the animals that are not clean, and of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
9 · This verse (above)
10And it happened after the seven days that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
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?