Genesis 1:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.”
Genesis 1:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:717 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayyaʿaśAnd made
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯ—
הָרָקִיעַhārāqîaʿthe firmament
וַיַּבְדֵּלwayyaḇdēland divided
בֵּיןbênbetween
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhich
מִתַּחַתmittaḥaṯunder
לָרָקִיעַlārāqîaʿthe firmament
וּבֵיןûḇênand between
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhich
מֵעַלmēʿalabove
לָרָקִיעַlārāqîaʿthe firmament
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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