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Genesis 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.


Genesis 1:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:412 words
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾAnd saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯ
הָאוֹרhāʾôrthe light
כִּיthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
וַיַּבְדֵּלwayyaḇdēland divided
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בֵּיןbênbetween
הָאוֹרhāʾôrthe light
וּבֵיןûḇênand between
הַחֹשֶׁךְhaḥōšeḵthe darkness
Words 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)
הָאוֹרhāʾôrthe light
כִּיthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
וַיַּבְדֵּלwayyaḇdēland divided
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
בֵּיןbênbetween
הָאוֹרhāʾôrthe light
וּבֵיןûḇênand between
הַחֹשֶׁךְhaḥōšeḵthe darkness

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