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 1:10 — Hebrew 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
כִּיkîthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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