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 1:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:913 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

יִקָּווּyiqqāwûLet be gathered

הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters

מִתַּחַתmittaḥaṯunder

הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe heaven

אֶלʾelunto

מָקוֹםmāqômplace

אֶחָדʾeḥāḏone

וְתֵרָאֶהwəṯērāʾehand let appear

הַיַּבָּשָׁהhayyabbāšāhthe dry land

וַיְהִיwayhîand it was

כֵןḵēnso

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

יִקָּווּyiqqāwûLet be gathered

הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters

מִתַּחַתmittaḥaṯunder

הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe heaven

אֶלʾelunto

מָקוֹםmāqômplace

אֶחָדʾeḥāḏone

וְתֵרָאֶהwəṯērāʾehand let appear

הַיַּבָּשָׁהhayyabbāšāhthe dry land

וַיְהִיwayhîand it was

כֵןḵēnso

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