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AndוַNoahנֹחַlivedיְחִיafterאַחַרthe floodהַמַּבּוּלthree hundredשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹתandוַfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםyears.שָׁנָה שָׁנָה
Genesis 9:28
Study it in the app“And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 9:28, word by word
- 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- livedיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- the floodמַּבּוּלmabul
flood
Flood: the great flood in the days of Noah. The word is almost only used for that event.
Where else “mabul” appears- three hundredשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- three hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
27May Elohim make room for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their slave.”
28 · This verse (above)
29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
To study Genesis 9 in a group
1. What it says
What sign did Elohim set as a covenant with Noah and every living creature (vv. 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does verse 6 say about the value of human life, and what reason does it give?
3. How I live it
What simple sign can help you remember Elohim’s promises today?