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Genesis 1:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:1012 words
וַיִּקְרָאwayyiqrāʾAnd called
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לַיַּבָּשָׁהlayyabbāšāhthe dry land
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
וּלְמִקְוֵהûləmiqwēhand the gathering of
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
קָרָאqārāʾcalled he
יַמִּיםyammîmSeas
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾand saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרָאwayyiqrāʾAnd called
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לַיַּבָּשָׁהlayyabbāšāhthe dry land
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
וּלְמִקְוֵהûləmiqwēhand the gathering of
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
קָרָאqārāʾcalled he
יַמִּיםyammîmSeas
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾand saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood

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