Study it in the app“But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of all the earth. And he reached out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark.”
Butוְthe doveהַיּוֹנָהdid notלֹאfindמָצְאָהa resting placeמָנוֹחַfor the soleלְכַףof her foot,רַגְלָהּand she returnedוַתָּשָׁבto himאֵלָיוto the ark,אֶל הַתֵּבָהforכִּיthe watersמַיִםwereonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe earth.הָאָרֶץAnd he reached outוַיִּשְׁלַחhis handיָדוֹand took herוַיִּקָּחֶהָand broughtוַיָּבֵאherאֹתָהּto himselfאֵלָיוinto the ark.אֶל הַתֵּבָה
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsa” appearsresting place
Resting place, a place to settle; a home.
Where else “manoach” appearssole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “chaf” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashav” appearsark
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” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsstretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlach” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikache” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appears8And he sent out the dove from him to see whether the waters had decreased from the face of the ground.
9 · This verse (above)
10And he waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
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?
