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And it happenedוַיְהִיat the endמִקֵּץof fortyאַרְבָּעִיםdaysיוֹםthatוַNoahנֹחַopenedיִּפְתַּחthe windowאֶת חַלּוֹןof the arkהַתֵּבָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had made,עָשָׂה
Genesis 8:6
Study it in the app“And it happened at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:6, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- at the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- openedיִּפְתַּחyiftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “yiftach” appears- the windowחַלּוֹןchalon
window
Window: an opening in a wall.
Where else “chalon” 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- he had madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7and he sent out the raven, and it went going out and returning until the waters had dried up from the earth.
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?