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 1:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:1416 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יְהִיyəhîLet there be
מְאֹרֹתməʾōrōṯlights
בִּרְקִיעַbirqîaʿin the firmament of
הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe heaven
לְהַבְדִּילləhaḇdîlto divide
בֵּיןbênbetween
הַיּוֹםhayyômthe day
וּבֵיןûḇênand between
הַלָּיְלָהhallāyəlāhthe night
וְהָיוּwəhāyûand let them be
לְאֹתֹתləʾōṯōṯfor signs
וּלְמוֹעֲדִיםûləmôʿăḏîmand for seasons
וּלְיָמִיםûləyāmîmand for days
וְשָׁנִיםwəšānîmand years
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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