Study it in the app“And Elohim remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and Elohim made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.”
AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםrememberedיִּזְכֹּרNoahאֶת נֹחַand allוְאֵת כָּלthe animalsהַחַיָּהand allוְאֶת כָּלthe livestockהַבְּהֵמָהthatאֲשֶׁרwerewith himאִתּוֹin the ark;בַּתֵּבָהandוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםmadeיַּעֲבֵרa windרוּחַpassיַּעֲבֵרoverעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץandוַthe watersהַמָּיִםsubsided.יָּשֹׁכּוּ
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “yizkor” appearsNoah
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” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsark
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” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaaver” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearssubside
Quiet down, ebb; make still.
Where else “yashoku” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was held back.
1. What it says
What happened when Elohim remembered Noah, and what did Noah do when he came out of the ark (vv. 1, 20)?
2. What it means
What does YHWH’s promise never again to curse the ground because of humans mean (v. 21)?
3. How I live it
For what good thing can you give thanks today, as Noah did when he came out of the ark?
