Genesis 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”

Genesis 5:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 5:112 words

זֶהzehThis

סֵפֶרsēp̄erWriting

תּוֹלְדֹתtwōlədōtDescent

אָדָםʾādāmAdam

בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day

בְּרֹאbərōʾCreate

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אָדָםʾādāmRuddy

בִּדְמוּתbidəmûtIn resemblance

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

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

Word-by-word meanings

זֶהzehThis

סֵפֶרsēp̄erWriting

תּוֹלְדֹתtwōlədōtDescent

אָדָםʾādāmAdam

בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day

בְּרֹאbərōʾCreate

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אָדָםʾādāmRuddy

בִּדְמוּתbidəmûtIn resemblance

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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