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Genesis 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.


Genesis 1:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:159 words
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd let them be
לִמְאוֹרֹתlimʾôrōṯfor lights
בִּרְקִיעַbirqîaʿin the firmament of
הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe heaven
לְהָאִירləhāʾîrto give light
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd let them be
לִמְאוֹרֹתlimʾôrōṯfor lights
בִּרְקִיעַbirqîaʿin the firmament of
הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe heaven
לְהָאִירləhāʾîrto give light
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso

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