Genesis 1:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:1812 words
וְלִמְשֹׁלwəlimšōlAnd to rule
בַּיּוֹםbayyômover the day
וּבַלַּיְלָהûḇallaylāhand over the night
וּלְהַבְדִּילûləhaḇdîland to divide
בֵּיןbênbetween
הָאוֹרhāʾôrthe light
וּבֵיןûḇênand between
הַחֹשֶׁךְhaḥōšeḵthe darkness
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾand saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיkîthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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