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Everyכָּלanimal,הַחַיָּהeveryכָּלcreeping thing,הָרֶמֶשׂand everyוְכָלbird,הָעוֹףeverythingכֹּלthat movesרוֹמֵשׂonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץby their familiesלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶםwent outיָצְאוּof the ark.מִן הַתֵּבָה
Genesis 8:19
Study it in the app“Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, by their families went out of the ark.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:19, word by word
- animalחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” 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- birdעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- that movesרוֹמֵשׂromes
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- by their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיmishpchote
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchote” appears- went outיָצְאוּyatsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appears- of 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
18And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.
19 · This verse (above)
20And Noah built an altar to YHWH, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
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?