language · Gen 8:22 · ✓ Approved
Gen 8:22: seed and harvest, cold and heat
Says עֹד כָּל־יְמֵי הָאָרֶץ, "yet all the days of the earth" ("As long as the earth endures," BSB), four pairs לֹא יִשְׁבֹּתוּ, "shall not cease": זֶרַע וְקָצִיר, "seed and harvest"; וְקֹר וָחֹם, "cold and heat" (BDB "cold," "heat"); וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף, "summer and autumn," the second noun glossed "harvest-time, autumn" by BDB ("summer and winter," BSB); and וְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה, "day and night."
Implies 8:22 is God's pledge to preserve the created order: the day and night set apart at creation (1:5, 14) are named last, and the covenant of 9:8–17 follows.
Uncertain Whether the second noun of the third pair names autumn (BDB) or winter (BSB). No lean is taken here.
Claims
- Says"Yet all the days of the earth," four pairs shall not cease: seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and autumn, day and night.
- ImpliesGod's pledge to preserve the created order (1:5, 14), leading into the covenant of 9:8–17.
- UncertainAutumn (BDB) or winter (BSB) for the second noun of the third pair; no lean.
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 8:22 (WLC/OSHB; morph HVqi3mp)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 903 (leaf n926, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft), s.v. H7120 "cold"; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 328 (leaf n351, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft), s.v. H2527 "heat"; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 358 (leaf n381, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft), s.v. H2779 "harvest-time, autumn"; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 884 (leaf n907, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft), s.v. H7019 "summer, summer-fruit"; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BSB public domain Gen 8:22
Sources
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2026-11-11
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