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Andוַin the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִיmonth,בַּחֹדֶשׁon the seventeenthבְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthe arkהַתֵּבָהcame to restתָּנַחonעַלthe mountainsהָרֵיof Ararat.אֲרָרָט
Genesis 8:4
Study it in the app“And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:4, word by word
- in the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- on the seventeenthשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- on the seventeenthעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- 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- came to restתָּנַחtanach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “tanach” appears- the mountainsהָרֵיhare
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hare” appears- of Araratאֲרָרָטararat
Ararat
See it on the mapWhere else “ararat” appears
Places in this verse
Ararat ?
Today: disputed region: Ararat mountains, eastern Turkey
A mountain region in what is now eastern Turkey and the Caucasus; it is not known for certain on which mountain the ark came to rest.
Noah's ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat (Gen 8:4).
The context
3And the waters receded from the earth, going and receding; and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had decreased.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the waters kept on decreasing until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
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?