“And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
Genesis 1:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:214 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָ/אָ֗רֶץwəhāʾāreṣ
and the earthconjH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
הָיְתָ֥הhāyətāh
wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
תֹ֨הוּ֙tōhw
formlessnessnounH8414
empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···
וָ/בֹ֔הוּwābōhw
and emptinessconjH922
void
וְ/חֹ֖שֶׁךְwəḥōšekə
and darknessconjH2822
night · obscurity
עַלʿal
was overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
the surface ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
תְה֑וֹםtəhwōm
the deepnounH8415
depth
וְ/ר֣וּחַwərwḥa
and the spirit ofconjH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מְרַחֶ֖פֶתməraḥepet
was hoveringverbH7363
move · shake
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֥יpənēy
the surface ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הַ/מָּֽיִםhamāyim
the watersparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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