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

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֤רְאwayarəʾ

and he sawconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֱלֹהִים֙ʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

thatparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

עָשָׂ֔הʿāśāh

he had madeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

וְ/הִנֵּהwəhinēh

and there!conjH2009

lo · see

ט֖וֹבṭwōb

it was goodadjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

מְאֹ֑דməʾōd

veryadvH3966

especially · exceeding · far · fast ···

וַֽ/יְהִיwayəhiy

and there wasconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עֶ֥רֶבʿereb

eveningnounH6153

day · tide) · night

וַֽ/יְהִיwayəhiy

and there wasconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

בֹ֖קֶרbōqer

morningnounH1242

early · morning · morrow

י֥וֹםywōm

the daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הַ/שִּׁשִּֽׁיhašišiy

sixthparticleH8345

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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Very good

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