Everyכָּלanimalהַחַיָּהthatאֲשֶׁרiswith you,אִתְּךָof allמִכָּלflesh,בָּשָׂרbirdsבָּעוֹףand livestockוּבַבְּהֵמָהand everyוּבְכָלcreeping thingהָרֶמֶשׂthat creepsהָרֹמֵשׂonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץbring outהַיְצֵאwith you,אִתָּךְand let them swarmוְשָׁרְצוּon the earthבָאָרֶץand be fruitfulוּפָרוּand multiplyוְרָבוּonעַלthe earth.”הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 8:17
Study it in the app“Every animal that is with you, of all flesh, birds and livestock and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, bring out with you, and let them swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:17, word by word
- animalחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- and livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appears- creeping thingרֶמֶשׂremes
creeping thing
Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".
Where else “remes” appears- that creepsרֹמֵשׂromes
creep, move
Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.
Where else “romes” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- bring outהַיְצֵאhaytse
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “haytse” appears- and let them swarmשָׁרְצוּshartsu
swarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “shartsu” appears- and be fruitfulפָרוּfaru
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “faru” appears- and multiplyרָבוּravu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “ravu” appears
The context
16“Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and the wives of your sons with you.
17 · This verse (above)
18And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.
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?