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Whileעֹדallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof the earthהָאָרֶץremain,seedtimeזֶרַעand harvest,וְקָצִירcoldוְקֹרand heat,וָחֹםsummerוְקַיִץand winter,וָחֹרֶףdayוְיוֹםand nightוָלַיְלָהwill notלֹאcease.”יִשְׁבֹּתוּ
Genesis 8:22
Study it in the app“While all the days of the earth remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:22, word by word
- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- seedtimeזֶרַעzera
sowing
The time and work of putting seed in the field.
Where else “zera” appears- and harvestקָצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears- coldקֹרkor
cold
Cold.
Where else “kor” appears- and heatחֹםchom
heat
Heat.
Where else “chom” appears- summerקַיִץkayits
summer
The hot, dry season of the year, when fruit ripens.
Where else “kayits” appears- and winterחֹרֶףchoref
winter
Winter: the rainy season; also autumn, the time of youth.
Where else “choref” appears- and nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- ceaseיִשְׁבֹּתוּyishbotu
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “yishbotu” appears
The context
21And YHWH smelled the pleasing aroma, and YHWH said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human being, for the inclination of the heart of the human being is evil from his youth; and I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.
22 · This verse (above)
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?