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Genesis 1:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.


Genesis 1:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:611 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יְהִ֥יyəhiy
let it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רָקִ֖יעַrāqiyʿa
a firmamentnounH7549
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə
in the middle ofpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
הַ/מָּ֑יִםhamāyim
the watersparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וִ/יהִ֣יwiyhiy
and let it beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מַבְדִּ֔ילmabədiyl
separatingverbH914
put) difference · divide · separate (self · -ation) ···
בֵּ֥יןbēyn
betweenpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
מַ֖יִםmayim
watersnounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
לָ/מָֽיִםlāmāyim
to waterspronH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
Words 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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