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Andוַthe springsמַעְיְנֹתof the deepתְּהוֹםand the floodgatesוַאֲרֻבֹּתof the heavensהַשָּׁמָיִםwere closed,יִּסָּכְרוּandוַthe rainהַגֶּשֶׁםfrom the heavensמִן הַשָּׁמָיִםwas held back.יִּכָּלֵא
Genesis 8:2
Study it in the app“And the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was held back.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:2, word by word
- the springsמַעְיְנֹתmaynot
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “maynot” appears- of the deepתְּהוֹםtehom
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehom” appears- and the floodgatesאֲרֻבֹּתarubot
floodgate
The openings of the sky through which rain falls.
Where else “arubot” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- were closedיִּסָּכְרוּyisachru
stop up
To stop up so nothing comes out.
Where else “yisachru” appears- the rainגֶּשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- was held backיִּכָּלֵאyikale
hold back, restrain
Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.
Where else “yikale” appears
The context
1And Elohim remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and Elohim made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the waters receded from the earth, going and receding; and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had decreased.
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?