Study it in the app“And 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.”
Andוַthe doveהַיּוֹנָהcameתָּבֹאto himאֵלָיוat evening time,לְעֵת עֶרֶבand look,וְהִנֵּהa freshly pluckedטָרָףoliveזַיִתleafעֲלֵהwasin her mouth;בְּפִיהָandוַNoahנֹחַknewיֵּדַעthatכִּיthe watersהַמַּיִםhad decreasedקַלּוּfromמֵעַלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearsevening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appearsfreshly plucked
Freshly plucked, fresh.
Where else “taraf” appearsolive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zayit” appearsleaf
Leaf; foliage.
Where else “ale” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” 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” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsbe light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “kalu” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears10And he waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
11 · This verse (above)
12And he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove, and she did not return to him again.
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?
