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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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יְהִיyəhîLet there be
רָקִיעַrāqîaʿa firmament
בְּתוֹךְbəṯôḵin the midst of
הַמָּיִםhammāyimthe waters
וִיהִיwîhîand let it be
מַבְדִּילmaḇdîldividing
בֵּיןbênbetween
מַיִםmayimwaters
לָמָיִםlāmāyimand waters
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

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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