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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 1:7Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַשׂwayyaʿaśAnd made
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯdirect object marker (no translation)
הָרָקִיעַhārāqîaʿthe firmament
וַיַּבְדֵּלwayyaḇdēland divided
בֵּיןbênbetween
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhich
מִתַּחַתmittaḥaṯunder
לָרָקִיעַlārāqîaʿthe firmament
וּבֵיןûḇênand between
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhich
מֵעַלmēʿalabove
לָרָקִיעַlārāqîaʿthe firmament
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso

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