Anchored in Syntax: The Resting of the Ark in Genesis 8:4
וַתָּ֤נַח הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂ֥ר יֹ֖ום לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י אֲרָרָֽט׃ (Genesis 8:4) And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Sentence Breakdown This verse offers a vivid and precise timestamp in the Flood narrative, marked by clear temporal and locative clauses.…