Genesis 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,”
Genesis 2:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 2:411 words
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
תוֹלְדוֹתtwōlədwōtDescent
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth
בְּהִבָּרְאָםbəhibārəʾāmIn create
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
עֲשׂוֹתʿăśwōtDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
וְשָׁמָיִםwəšāmāyimAnd heavens
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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