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And he waitedוַיִּיָּחֶלyetעוֹדanotherאֲחֵרִיםsevenשִׁבְעַתdays,יָמִיםand sent outוַיְשַׁלַּחthe dove,אֶת הַיּוֹנָהandוְshe did notלֹאreturnיָסְפָה שׁוּבto himאֵלָיוagain.עוֹד
Genesis 8:12
Study it in the app“And he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove, and she did not return to him again.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:12, word by word
- And he waitedיִּיָּחֶלyiyachel
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “yiyachel” 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 sent outיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- the doveיּוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appears- returnיָסְפָהyasfa
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasfa” appears- returnשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And it happened in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and look, the face of the ground had dried.
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?