Genesis 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”

Genesis 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 2:316 words

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

יוֹםywōmDay

הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh

וַיְקַדֵּשׁwayəqadēšAnd be

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בוֹvwōIn

שָׁבַתšāvatRepose

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

מְלַאכְתּוֹməlaʾḵətwōDeputyship

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּרָאbārāʾCreate

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹםywōmDay

הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh

וַיְקַדֵּשׁwayəqadēšAnd be

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בוֹvwōIn

שָׁבַתšāvatRepose

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

מְלַאכְתּוֹməlaʾḵətwōDeputyship

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּרָאbārāʾCreate

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do

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