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 1:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:611 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יְהִיyəhîLet there be
רָקִיעַrāqîaʿa firmament
בְּתוֹךְbəṯôḵin the midst of
הַמָּיִםhammāyimthe waters
וִיהִיwîhîand let it be
מַבְדִּילmaḇdîldividing
בֵּיןbênbetween
מַיִםmayimwaters
לָמָיִםlāmāyimand waters
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