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Genesis 1:27 — King James Version← Study notes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.


Genesis 1:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:2713 words
וַיִּבְרָאwayyiḇrāʾAnd created
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯ
הָאָדָםhāʾāḏāmman
בְּצַלְמוֹbəṣalmôin his own image
בְּצֶלֶםbəṣelemin the image of
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בָּרָאbārāʾcreated he
אֹתוֹʾōṯôhim
זָכָרzāḵārmale
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēḇāhand female
בָּרָאbārāʾcreated he
אֹתָםʾōṯāmthem
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּבְרָאwayyiḇrāʾAnd created
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָדָםhāʾāḏāmman
בְּצַלְמוֹbəṣalmôin his own image
בְּצֶלֶםbəṣelemin the image of
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בָּרָאbārāʾcreated he
אֹתוֹʾōṯôhim
זָכָרzāḵārmale
וּנְקֵבָהûnəqēḇāhand female
בָּרָאbārāʾcreated he
אֹתָםʾōṯāmthem

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