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And he waitedוַיָּחֶלanotherעוֹד אֲחֵרִיםsevenשִׁבְעַתdays,יָמִיםand againוַיֹּסֶףhe sent outשַׁלַּחthe doveאֶת הַיּוֹנָהfromמִןthe ark.הַתֵּבָה
Genesis 8:10
Study it in the app“And he waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:10, word by word
- And he waitedיָּחֶלyachel
wait
To wait anxiously for something slow to come.
Where else “yachel” appears- anotherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- and againיֹּסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appears- he sent outשַׁלַּחshalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalach” appears- the doveיּוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” 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
The context
9But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of all the earth. And he reached out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the dove came to him at evening time, and look, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had decreased from the earth.
To study Genesis 8 in a group
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?