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Genesis 1:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.


Genesis 1:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:913 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִקָּו֨וּyiqāww
let them gatherverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
הַ/מַּ֜יִםhamayim
the watersparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
מִ/תַּ֤חַתmitaḥat
from underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙hašāmayim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מָק֣וֹםmāqwōm
a placenounH4725
home · open · place · room ···
אֶחָ֔דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
וְ/תֵרָאֶ֖הwətērāʾeh
and let it appearconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
הַ/יַּבָּשָׁ֑הhayabāšāh
the dry groundparticleH3004
land)
וַֽ/יְהִיwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כֵֽןkēn
soadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
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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Chiara RussoNote2mo ago
Dry land appears
And God said, let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. And it was so. What strikes me in this verse is the word "let" - as though the dry land was waiting benea...
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