Noach 8:19 · unit 1

TT #35 · Parashas Noach · Third Aliyah · Passuk 8:19

The Complete Passuk

כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּ֗ה כׇּל־הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ וְכׇל־הָע֔וֹף כֹּ֖ל רוֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם יָצְא֖וּ מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה׃

Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that stirs on earth came out of the ark by their families.

Chabad.org — 8:19

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 108b (by families — not they themselves for boneless creatures).

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 108b

E-Daf image — Sanhedrin 108b (size=3)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם יָצְאוּ — לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם וְלֹא הֵם.

English: “By their families they went out” — by their families, and not they themselves (i.e., creatures without bones that cannot live twelve months left only through their offspring).

On the daf / in context: Creatures lacking bones do not live a full year; only their descendants exited after the twelve-month Flood.

Type of Learning

Custom (diyuk excluding boneless creatures from the original entrants).

What Is Learned

Boneless creatures (which cannot live twelve months) did not themselves exit; only their families/offspring did.