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Genesis 1:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:


Genesis 1:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:1416 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יְהִ֤יyəhiy
let it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מְאֹרֹת֙məʾōrōt
luminariesnounH3974
light
בִּ/רְקִ֣יעַbirəqiyʿa
in the firmament ofpronH7549
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםhašāmayim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
לְ/הַבְדִּ֕ילləhabədiyl
to separatepronH914
put) difference · divide · separate (self · -ation) ···
בֵּ֥יןbēyn
betweenpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הַ/יּ֖וֹםhaywōm
the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וּ/בֵ֣יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הַ/לָּ֑יְלָהhalāyəlāh
the nightparticleH3915
וְ/הָי֤וּwəhāyw
and they will becomeconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/אֹתֹת֙ləʾōtōt
signspronH226
miracle · sign · token
וּ/לְ/מ֣וֹעֲדִ֔יםwləmwōʿădiym
and appointed timesconjH4150
time) · (place of · solemn) assembly · congregation ···
וּ/לְ/יָמִ֖יםwləyāmiym
and daysconjH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וְ/שָׁנִֽיםwəšāniym
and yearsconjH8141
whole age · long · old
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Amara OseiNote2mo ago
Signs and seasons
God made the lights in the sky for signs and for seasons, for days and for years - and the calendar itself is therefore built into the structure of creation. This is not incidental. I think about how ...
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wJLrXXCmgFEEhqAcuusYmLp fJOmHAIFbPYmnreheyANote1mo ago
Let There Be Lights in the Sky
Lights in the sky will mark seasons and days and years. Time is being marked by celestial bodies - something humans didn't create but can read and use. I study astronomy, and I love this moment in Ge...
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