Genesis 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:178 words
וַיִּתֵּןwayyittēnAnd set
אֹתָםʾōṯāmthem
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בִּרְקִיעַbirqîaʿin the firmament of
הַשָּׁמָיִםhaššāmāyimthe heaven
לְהָאִירləhāʾîrto give light
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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