Onkelus: "Not Just a Targum" (פִּירוּשׁ תַּרְגוּם אוֹנְקְלוּס) - Noach: Hashem Does Not "Smell," "Occasionally Remember," Take Spatial "Residence," Nor "Go Down to Get a Better Look" 🚫👃🏽💭⛺️👁

וַיָּ֣רַח יְהֹוָה֮ אֶת־רֵ֣יחַ הַנִּיחֹ֒חַ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ לֹֽא־אֹ֠סִ֠ף לְקַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּעֲב֣וּר הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־כׇּל־חַ֖י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ יהוה smelled the pleasing odor, and יהוה resolved: “Never again will I doom the earth because of humankind, since the devisings of the human mind are evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living being, as I have done. https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.8.21 וְקַבִּיל יְיָ בְּרַעֲוָא יָת קוּרְבָּנֵיהּ וַאֲמַר יְיָ בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ לָא אוֹסֵף לְמֵילַט עוֹד יָת אַרְעָא בְּדִיל חוֹבֵי אֱנָשָׁא אֲרֵי יִצְרָא לִבָּא דֶאֱנָשָׁא בִּישׁ מִזְּעִירֵיהּ וְלָא אוֹסֵף עוֹד לְמִמְחֵי יָת כָּל דְּחַי כְּמָא דְעָבְדִית: Adonoy smelled the pleasing fragrance, [Adonoy accepted his offering with favor] and Adonoy said in His heart [with his Word], Never again will I curse the ground because of [the sins of] man, for the inclination of man’s heart is evil from [the time of] his youth. I will never again smite every living thing as I have done. https://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Genesis.8.21 וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־נֹ֔חַ וְאֵ֤ת כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּה֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּתֵּבָ֑ה וַיַּעֲבֵ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֥ים ר֙וּחַ֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיָּשֹׁ֖כּוּ הַמָּֽיִם׃ God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark, and God caused a wind to blow across the earth, and the waters subsided. https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.8.1 וּדְכִיר יְיָ יָת נֹחַ וְיָת כָּל חַיְתָא וְיָת כָּל בְּעִירָא דִּי עִמֵּיהּ בְּתֵבוֹתָא וְאַעְבַּר יְיָ רוּחָא עַל אַרְעָא וְנָחוּ מַיָּא:Elohim remembered Noach, and all the beasts and all the animals that were with him in the ark. Elohim caused a wind to blow over the earth and the water subsided.https://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Genesis.8.1 וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כׇּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה בְּכׇל־בָּשָׂ֑ר וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה ע֤וֹד הַמַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַבּ֔וּל לְשַׁחֵ֖ת כׇּל־בָּשָֽׂר׃I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature among all flesh, so that the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.9.15 וּדְכִירְנָא יָת קְיָמִי דִּי בֵין מֵימְרִי וּבֵינֵיכוֹן וּבֵין כָּל נַפְשָׁא חַיְתָא בְּכָל בִּשְׂרָא וְלָא יְהֵא עוֹד מַיָּא לְטוֹפָנָא לְחַבָּלָא כָל בִּשְׂרָא:I shall remember My covenant that is between Myself [My Word] and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, that never again will flood waters destroy all flesh.https://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Genesis.9.15 יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאׇֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃May God enlarge Japheth,And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;And let Canaan be a slave to them.”https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.9.27 יַפְתֵּי יְיָ לְיֶפֶת וְיַשְׁרֵי שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ בְּמַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ דְּשֵׁם וִיהֵי כְנַעַן עַבְדָא לְהוֹן: Elohim will enlarge Yefes, but He [His Shechina] will dwell in the tents of Sheim, and Canaan will be their slave. https://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Genesis.9.27 וַיֵּ֣רֶד יְהֹוָ֔ה לִרְאֹ֥ת אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃יהוה came down to look at the city and tower that humanity had built,https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.11.5 וְאִתְגְּלִי יְיָ לְאִתְפְּרָעָא עַל עוֹבָדֵי קַרְתָּא וּמַגְדְּלָא דִּי בְנוֹ בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא:Adonoy descended to see [Adonoy became revealed in order to punish them because of the building of] the city and the tower that the sons of man built.https://www.sefaria.org/Onkelos_Genesis.11.5