Genesis 1:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”

Genesis 1:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:3115 words

וַיַּרְאwayyarʾAnd saw

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾeṯ—

כָּלkōlevery

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerthing that

עָשָׂהʿāśāhhe had made

וְהִנֵּהwəhinnēhand behold

טוֹבṭôḇgood

מְאֹדməʾōḏvery

וַיְהִיwayhîAnd there was

עֶרֶבʿereḇevening

וַיְהִיwayhîand there was

בֹקֶרḇōqermorning

יוֹםyômday

הַשִּׁשִּׁיhaššiššîsixth

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayyarʾAnd saw

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾeṯdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkōlevery

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerthing that

עָשָׂהʿāśāhhe had made

וְהִנֵּהwəhinnēhand behold

טוֹבṭôḇgood

מְאֹדməʾōḏvery

וַיְהִיwayhîAnd there was

עֶרֶבʿereḇevening

וַיְהִיwayhîand there was

בֹקֶרḇōqermorning

יוֹםyômday

הַשִּׁשִּׁיhaššiššîsixth

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