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 1:15 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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