Parashot
Digital Humanies tools used for the weekly Parasha (Torah portion of the week).
About ParashotWeekly Parashot
Previous parasha (#1): Bereshit Next parasha (#3): Lech Lecha
Parasha #2: Noach (נֹחַ)
Reading passages
Torah: Genesis 6:9-11:32 (Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת נֹח)
Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5-43:10
Summary
Parasha Noach (“Noah”) centers around the story of Noah and the Great Flood. God instructs Noah to build an ark to save himself, his family, and two of every animal species from the impending deluge. The floodwaters engulf the world, but eventually recede, and Noah and his descendants repopulate the earth, emphasizing themes of divine judgment, obedience, and renewal in this portion of the Torah. The parasha also includes the story of the Tower of Babel, highlighting the dangers of pride and disobedience to God’s will.
Parasha Data Sheets
- Overview unique words in this parasha
- Differences between MT and SP for this parasha
- Differences between MT and SP for this parasha (Lenenshtein distance)
- Spelling differences in names between MT and SP for this parasha
- Lexical paralels between this parasha and the Tenach
Related SHEBANQ queries
| Verse | Query | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| Gen. 6:11&13 | taking violence (חמס) | Find clauses containing a verb where any subject is taking violence (חמס) as an object (Earth is taking Violence - Gen. 6:11&13). |
| Gen. 7:11&13 | ‘on the same day’ | Where else is the phrase הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֑ה. |
| Gen. 9:1&7 | be fertile and be many | Command twice given by God to Noach after the flood. |
| Gen. 9:26&27 | Find similar constructs like לָֽמֹו | In Gen. 9:26&27 the construct לָֽמֹו is found twice, a preposition combined with the personal suffix מֹו. Here for the first time in Torah. |
Related Text-Fabric Notebooks
| GitHub | NBviewer | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| hapax | hapax | Find unique words (hapax legomena). |
| Lexical parallels | Lexical parallels | Find lexical parallels between verses |
| Delta SP and MT | Delta SP and MT | Identify differences between the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) and Masoretic Text (MT) |
Hebcal
Additional details about Jewish calendar and holiday information, offering users a resource for tracking Hebrew dates, candle lighting times, and other relevant information in the Jewish calendar. Hebcal entry for parasha Noach.
AI generated image
The following image was created by DALL.E as illustration for this parasha. The following prompt was used ‘A scene from the biblical story of Noah’s Ark where animals are seen exiting the large wooden ark.’
