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[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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beginning | re'shiyth | from the same as 07218; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)--beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing. |
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
created | bara' | a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)-- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). |
the | 'eth | apparent contracted from 0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)--(as such unrepresented in English). |
heaven | ||
and | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
the | 'eth | apparent contracted from 0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)--(as such unrepresented in English). |
earth. |
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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was | hayah | a primitive root (compare 01933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)--beacon, altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, use. |
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form, | tohuw | from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain--confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. |
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void; | bohuw | from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin--emptiness, void. |
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darkness | choshek | from 02821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness--dark(-ness), night, obscurity. |
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face | paniym | plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh paw-neh'; from 06437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)-- accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (- s), me, meet, more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, thee, them(-selves), through ( - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(- in, -stand), ye, you. |
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deep. | thowm | or thom teh-home'; (usually feminine) from 01949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)--deep (place), depth. |
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Spirit | ruwach | from 07306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)--air, anger, blast, breath, cool, courage, mind, quarter, side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y). |
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God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
moved | rachaph | a primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed--flutter, move, shake. |
upon | `al | properly, the same as 05920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow)--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, both and, by (reason of), had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, with. |
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face | paniym | plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh paw-neh'; from 06437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)-- accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (- s), me, meet, more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, thee, them(-selves), through ( - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(- in, -stand), ye, you. |
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waters. | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
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be | hayah | a primitive root (compare 01933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)--beacon, altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, use. |
light: | 'owr | from 0215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)--bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun. |
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light. | 'owr | from 0215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)--bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun. |
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
the | 'eth | apparent contracted from 0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)--(as such unrepresented in English). |
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that | 'owr | from 0215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)--bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun. |
it | kiy | a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed--and, (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), but, certainly, doubtless, else, even, except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, (al- )though, till, truly, until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet. |
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and | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
God | ||
divided | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
the | badal | a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)-- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), utterly. |
light | beyn | (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 0995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or--among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), from (the widest), in, out of, whether (it be...or), within. |
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the | 'owr | from 0215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)--bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun. |
darkness. | beyn | (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 0995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or--among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), from (the widest), in, out of, whether (it be...or), within. |
[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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called | qara' | a primitive root (rather identical with 07122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. |
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light | 'owr | from 0215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)--bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun. |
Day, | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
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darkness | choshek | from 02821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness--dark(-ness), night, obscurity. |
he | ||
called | qara' | a primitive root (rather identical with 07122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. |
Night. | layil | or (Isa. 2111) leyl lale; also laylah lah'- yel-aw; from the same as 03883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity--((mid-))night (season). |
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evening | `ereb | from 06150; dusk-- day, even(-ing, tide), night. |
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morning | boqer | from 01239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning--() day, early, morning, morrow. |
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first | 'echad | a numeral from 0258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first--a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together, |
day. | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
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firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
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midst | tavek | from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre--among(-st), between, half, (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in). |
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waters, | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
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divide | badal | a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)-- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), utterly. |
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waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
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waters. | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
[7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
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made | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
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firmament, | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
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divided | badal | a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)-- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), utterly. |
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waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
which | 'aher | a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.--X after, alike, as (soon as), because, every, for, forasmuch, from whence, how(-soever), if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), though, until, whatsoever, when, where ( -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection. |
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under | tachath | from the same as 08430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.--as, beneath, flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, unto, when...was mine, whereas, (where-)fore, with. |
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firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
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waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
which | 'aher | a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.--X after, alike, as (soon as), because, every, for, forasmuch, from whence, how(-soever), if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), though, until, whatsoever, when, where ( -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection. |
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above | `al | properly, the same as 05920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow)--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, both and, by (reason of), had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, with. |
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firmament: | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
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so. | ken | from 03559; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)-- after that (this, -ward, -wards), as ... as, (for-)asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where)-fore, this, thus, true, well, you. |
[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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called | qara' | a primitive root (rather identical with 07122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. |
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firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
Heaven. | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
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evening | `ereb | from 06150; dusk-- day, even(-ing, tide), night. |
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morning | boqer | from 01239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning--() day, early, morning, morrow. |
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second | sheniy | from 08138; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again--again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time). |
day. | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
[9] 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.
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God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
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waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
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heaven | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
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together | qavah | a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect--gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). |
unto | 'el | (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel el); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to--about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in). |
one | 'echad | a numeral from 0258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first--a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together, |
place, | maqowm | or maqom maw-kome'; also (feminine) mqowmah mek-o-mah'; or mqomah mek-o-mah'; from 06965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)--country, home, open, place, room, space, whither(-soever). |
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dry | yabbashah | from 03001; dry ground--dry (ground, land). |
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appear: | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
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[10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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called | qara' | a primitive root (rather identical with 07122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. |
the | ||
dry | yabbashah | from 03001; dry ground--dry (ground, land). |
land | ||
Earth; | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
and | ||
the | ||
gathering | ||
together | miqveh | or miqveh (1 Kings 1028) mik-vay'; or miqvet (2 Chron. 116) mik-vay'; from 06960; something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove--abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool. |
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waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
called | qara' | a primitive root (rather identical with 07122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)--bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. |
he | ||
Seas: | yam | from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). |
and | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
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it | ||
was | ||
good. | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
[11] And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Let | ||
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earth | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
bring | ||
forth | dasha | a primitive root; to sprout--bring forth, spring. |
grass, | deshe' | from 01876; a sprout; by analogy, grass--(tender) grass, green, (tender)herb. |
the | ||
herb | `eseb | from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot)--grass, herb. |
yielding | zara` | a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify--bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield. |
seed, | zera` | from 02232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time. |
and | ||
the | ||
fruit | priy | from 06509; fruit (literally or figuratively)--bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward. |
tree | `ets | from 06095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)-- carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. |
yielding | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
fruit | priy | from 06509; fruit (literally or figuratively)--bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind, | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
whose | 'aher | a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.--X after, alike, as (soon as), because, every, for, forasmuch, from whence, how(-soever), if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), though, until, whatsoever, when, where ( -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection. |
seed | zera` | from 02232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time. |
is | ||
in | ||
itself, | ||
upon | ||
the | ||
earth: | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
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it | ||
was | ||
so. |
[12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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brought | ||
forth | yatsa' | a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.--X after, appear, assuredly, bear out, begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, still, surely, take forth (out), at any time, to (and fro), utter. |
grass, | deshe' | from 01876; a sprout; by analogy, grass--(tender) grass, green, (tender)herb. |
and | ||
herb | `eseb | from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot)--grass, herb. |
yielding | zara` | a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify--bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield. |
seed | zera` | from 02232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind, | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
the | ||
tree | `ets | from 06095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)-- carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. |
yielding | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
fruit, | priy | from 06509; fruit (literally or figuratively)--bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward. |
whose | ||
seed | zera` | from 02232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time. |
was | ||
in | ||
itself, | ||
after | ||
his | ||
kind: | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
that | ||
it | ||
was | ||
good. | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
[13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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evening | ||
and | ||
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morning | boqer | from 01239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning--() day, early, morning, morrow. |
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the | ||
third | shliyshiy | ordinal from 07969; third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)--third (part, rank, time), three (years old). |
day. | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
[14] And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Let | ||
there | ||
be | ||
lights | ma'owr | or maor maw-ore'; also (in plural) feminine mpowrah meh-o-raw'; or morah meh-o-raw'; from 0215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element) figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier--bright, light. |
in | ||
the | ||
firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
of | ||
the | ||
heaven | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
to | ||
divide | badal | a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)-- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), utterly. |
the | ||
day | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
from | ||
the | ||
night; | layil | or (Isa. 2111) leyl lale; also laylah lah'- yel-aw; from the same as 03883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity--((mid-))night (season). |
and | ||
let | ||
them | ||
be | ||
for | ||
signs, | 'owth | probably from 0225 (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.--mark, miracle, (en-)sign, token. |
and | ||
for | ||
seasons, | mow`ed | or moled mo-ade'; or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 813) mo-aw-daw'; from 03259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)--appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed). |
and | ||
for | ||
days, | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
and | ||
years: | shaneh | (in plura or (feminine) shanah shaw-naw'; from 08138; a year (as a revolution of time)-- whole age, long, old, year(X -ly). |
[15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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lights | ||
in | ||
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firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
of | ||
the | ||
heaven | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
to | ||
give | ||
light | 'owr | a primitive root; to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)--X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine. |
upon | ||
the | ||
earth: | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
and | ||
it | ||
was | ||
so. |
[16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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made | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
two | shnayim | dual of 08145; feminine shttayim shet-tah'-yim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold--both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two. |
great | gadowl | or (shortened) gadol gaw-dole'; from 01431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent-- aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, sore, (X ) very. |
lights; | ma'owr | or maor maw-ore'; also (in plural) feminine mpowrah meh-o-raw'; or morah meh-o-raw'; from 0215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element) figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier--bright, light. |
the | ||
greater | gadowl | or (shortened) gadol gaw-dole'; from 01431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent-- aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, sore, (X ) very. |
light | ma'owr | or maor maw-ore'; also (in plural) feminine mpowrah meh-o-raw'; or morah meh-o-raw'; from 0215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element) figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier--bright, light. |
to | ||
rule | memshalah | feminine of 04474; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler--dominion, government, power, to rule. |
the | ||
day, | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
and | ||
the | ||
lesser | qatan | or qaton kaw-tone'; from 06962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)--least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est). |
light | ma'owr | or maor maw-ore'; also (in plural) feminine mpowrah meh-o-raw'; or morah meh-o-raw'; from 0215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element) figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier--bright, light. |
to | ||
rule | memshalah | feminine of 04474; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler--dominion, government, power, to rule. |
the | ||
night: | layil | or (Isa. 2111) leyl lale; also laylah lah'- yel-aw; from the same as 03883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity--((mid-))night (season). |
he | ||
made | ||
the | ||
stars | kowkab | probably from the same as 03522 (in the sense of rolling) or 03554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince--star((-gazer)). |
also. |
[17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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set | nathan | a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)--add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, avenge, be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, doubtless, without fail, fasten, frame, get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), have, indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, surely, take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield. |
them | ||
in | ||
the | ||
firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
of | ||
the | ||
heaven | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
to | ||
give | ||
light | 'owr | a primitive root; to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)--X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine. |
upon | ||
the | ||
earth, | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
[18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
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to | ||
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over | ||
the | ||
day | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
and | ||
over | ||
the | ||
night, | layil | or (Isa. 2111) leyl lale; also laylah lah'- yel-aw; from the same as 03883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity--((mid-))night (season). |
and | ||
to | ||
divide | badal | a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)-- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), utterly. |
the | ||
light | 'owr | from 0215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)--bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun. |
from | ||
the | ||
darkness: | choshek | from 02821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness--dark(-ness), night, obscurity. |
and | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
that | ||
it | ||
was | ||
good. | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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the | ||
evening | ||
and | ||
the | ||
morning | boqer | from 01239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning--() day, early, morning, morrow. |
were | ||
the | ||
fourth | rbiy`iy | or rbiiy reb-ee-ee'; from 07251; fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth--foursquare, fourth (part). |
day. | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
[20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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And | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Let | ||
the | ||
waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
bring | ||
forth | ||
abundantly | sharats | a primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound--breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move. |
the | ||
moving | ||
creature | sherets | from 08317; a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals--creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature). |
that | ||
hath | nephesh | from 05314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, dead(-ly), desire, (dis-)contented, fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, would have it. |
life, | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
and | ||
fowl | `owph | from 05774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively--bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. |
that | ||
may | ||
fly | `uwph | a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 05775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)--brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), set, shine forth, weary. |
above | `al | properly, the same as 05920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow)--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, both and, by (reason of), had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, with. |
the | ||
earth | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
in | ||
the | ||
open | paniym | plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh paw-neh'; from 06437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)-- accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (- s), me, meet, more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, thee, them(-selves), through ( - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(- in, -stand), ye, you. |
firmament | raqiya` | from 07554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky--firmament. |
of | ||
heaven. | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
[21] And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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created | bara' | a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)-- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). |
great | gadowl | or (shortened) gadol gaw-dole'; from 01431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent-- aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, sore, (X ) very. |
whales, | tanniyn | or tanniym (Ezek. 293) tan-neem'; intensive from the same as 08565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal--dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale. |
and | ||
every | ||
living | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
creature | nephesh | from 05314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, dead(-ly), desire, (dis-)contented, fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, would have it. |
that | ||
moveth, | ramas | a primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm--creep, move. |
which | ||
the | ||
waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
brought | ||
forth | ||
abundantly, | sharats | a primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound--breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move. |
after | ||
their | ||
kind, | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
every | ||
winged | kanaph | from 03670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle-- bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), flying, (one an-)other, overspreading, quarters, skirt, sort, uttermost part, wing((-ed)). |
fowl | `owph | from 05774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively--bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind: | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
that | ||
it | ||
was | ||
good. | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
[22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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God | ||
blessed | barak | a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)--X abundantly, altogether, at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, greatly, indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, still, thank. |
them, | ||
saying, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Be | ||
fruitful, | parah | a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)--bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase. |
and | ||
multiply, | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
and | ||
fill | male' | or malae (Esth. 75) maw-law'; a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)--accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, have wholly. |
the | ||
waters | mayim | dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen-- piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). |
in | ||
the | ||
seas, | yam | from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). |
and | ||
let | ||
fowl | `owph | from 05774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively--bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. |
multiply | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
in | ||
the | ||
earth. | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
[23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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And | ||
the | ||
evening | ||
and | ||
the | ||
morning | boqer | from 01239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning--() day, early, morning, morrow. |
were | ||
the | ||
fifth | chamiyshiy | or chamishshiy kham-ish-shee'; ord. from 02568; fifth; also a fifth--fifth (part). |
day. | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
[24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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And | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Let | ||
the | ||
earth | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
bring | ||
forth | yatsa' | a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.--X after, appear, assuredly, bear out, begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, still, surely, take forth (out), at any time, to (and fro), utter. |
the | ||
living | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
creature | nephesh | from 05314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, dead(-ly), desire, (dis-)contented, fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, would have it. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind, | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
cattle, | bhemah | from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)--beast, cattle. |
and | ||
creeping | ||
thing, | remes | from 07430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal--that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing. |
and | ||
beast | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
of | ||
the | ||
earth | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind: | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
it | ||
was | ||
so. |
[25] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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God | ||
made | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
the | ||
beast | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
of | ||
the | ||
earth | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind, | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
cattle | bhemah | from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)--beast, cattle. |
after | ||
their | ||
kind, | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
every | ||
thing | ||
that | ||
creepeth | remes | from 07430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal--that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing. |
upon | ||
the | ||
earth | 'adamah | from 0119; soil (from its general redness)--country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land. |
after | ||
his | ||
kind: | miyn | from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species--kind. Compare 04480. |
and | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
that | ||
it | ||
was | ||
good. | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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And | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Let | ||
us | ||
make | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
man | 'adam | from 0119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)--X another, hypocrite, common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person. |
in | ||
our | ||
image, | tselem | from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol--image, vain shew. |
after | ||
our | ||
likeness: | dmuwth | from 01819; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like--fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude. |
and | ||
let | ||
them | ||
have | ||
dominion | radah | a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off--(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take. |
over | ||
the | ||
fish | dagah | feminine of 01709, and meaning the same--fish. |
of | ||
the | ||
sea, | yam | from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). |
and | ||
over | ||
the | ||
fowl | `owph | from 05774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively--bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. |
of | ||
the | ||
air, | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
and | ||
over | ||
the | ||
cattle, | bhemah | from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)--beast, cattle. |
and | ||
over | ||
all | ||
the | ||
earth, | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
and | ||
over | ||
every | ||
creeping | ||
thing | remes | from 07430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal--that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing. |
that | ||
creepeth | ramas | a primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm--creep, move. |
upon | ||
the | ||
earth. | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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God | ||
created | bara' | a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)-- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). |
man | 'adam | from 0119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)--X another, hypocrite, common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person. |
in | ||
his | ||
own | ||
image, | tselem | from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol--image, vain shew. |
in | ||
the | ||
image | tselem | from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol--image, vain shew. |
of | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
created | bara' | a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)-- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). |
he | ||
him; | ||
male | zakar | from 02142; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)--X him, male, man(child, -kind). |
and | ||
female | nqebah | from 05344; female (from the sexual form)--female. |
created | bara' | a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)-- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). |
he | ||
them. |
[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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God | ||
blessed | barak | a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)--X abundantly, altogether, at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, greatly, indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, still, thank. |
them, | ||
and | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
unto | ||
them, | ||
Be | ||
fruitful, | parah | a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)--bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase. |
and | ||
multiply, | rabah | a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), archer (by mistake for 07232), be in authority, bring up, continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very. |
and | ||
replenish | male' | or malae (Esth. 75) maw-law'; a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)--accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, have wholly. |
the | ||
earth, | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
and | ||
subdue | ||
it: | kabash | a primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate--bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection. |
and | ||
have | ||
dominion | radah | a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off--(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take. |
over | ||
the | ||
fish | dagah | feminine of 01709, and meaning the same--fish. |
of | ||
the | ||
sea, | yam | from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). |
and | ||
over | ||
the | ||
fowl | `owph | from 05774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively--bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. |
of | ||
the | ||
air, | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
and | ||
over | ||
every | ||
living | ||
thing | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
that | ||
moveth | ramas | a primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm--creep, move. |
upon | ||
the | ||
earth. | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
[29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Word | Hebrew | ![]() |
And | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
said, | 'amar | a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, indeed, intend, name, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), still, suppose, talk, tell, term, that is, think, use (speech), utter, verily, yet. |
Behold, | hinneh | prolongation for 02005; lo--behold, lo, see. |
I | ||
have | ||
given | nathan | a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)--add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, avenge, be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, doubtless, without fail, fasten, frame, get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), have, indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, surely, take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield. |
you | ||
every | ||
herb | `eseb | from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot)--grass, herb. |
bearing | zara` | a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify--bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield. |
seed, | zera` | from 02232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time. |
which | ||
is | ||
upon | ||
the | ||
face | paniym | plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh paw-neh'; from 06437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)-- accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (- s), me, meet, more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, thee, them(-selves), through ( - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(- in, -stand), ye, you. |
of | ||
all | ||
the | ||
earth, | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
and | ||
every | ||
tree, | `ets | from 06095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)-- carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. |
in | ||
the | ||
which | ||
is | ||
the | ||
fruit | priy | from 06509; fruit (literally or figuratively)--bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward. |
of | ||
a | ||
tree | `ets | from 06095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)-- carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. |
yielding | zara` | a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify--bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield. |
seed; | zera` | from 02232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time. |
to | ||
you | ||
it | ||
shall | ||
be | hayah | a primitive root (compare 01933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)--beacon, altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, use. |
for | ||
meat. | 'oklah | feminine of 0401; food--consume, devour, eat, food, meat. |
[30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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to | ||
every | ||
beast | ||
of | ||
the | ||
earth, | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
and | ||
to | ||
every | ||
fowl | `owph | from 05774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively--bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. |
of | ||
the | ||
air, | shamayim | dual of an unused singular shameh shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)--air, astrologer, heaven(-s). |
and | ||
to | ||
every | ||
thing | ||
that | ||
creepeth | ramas | a primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm--creep, move. |
upon | ||
the | ||
earth, | 'erets | from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, wilderness, world. |
wherein | ||
there | ||
is | ||
life, | nephesh | from 05314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, dead(-ly), desire, (dis-)contented, fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, would have it. |
I | chay | from 02421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively-- age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. |
have | ||
given | ||
every | ||
green | ||
herb | yereq | from 03417 (in the sense of vacuity of color); properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation--grass, green (thing). |
for | `eseb | from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot)--grass, herb. |
meat: | ||
and | 'oklah | feminine of 0401; food--consume, devour, eat, food, meat. |
it | ||
was | ||
so. |
[31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Word | Hebrew | ![]() |
And | ||
God | 'elohiym | plural of 0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative--angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. |
saw | ra'ah | a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)--advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions. |
every | ||
thing | ||
that | 'aher | a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.--X after, alike, as (soon as), because, every, for, forasmuch, from whence, how(-soever), if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), though, until, whatsoever, when, where ( -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection. |
he | ||
had | ||
made, | `asah | a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-)ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ((a feast)), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend, surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use. |
and, | ||
behold, | ||
it | ||
was | ||
very | m`od | from the same as 0181; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)--diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ( much, sore), well. |
good. | towb | from 02895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)). |
And | ||
the | ||
evening | `ereb | from 06150; dusk-- day, even(-ing, tide), night. |
and | ||
the | ||
morning | boqer | from 01239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning--() day, early, morning, morrow. |
were | ||
the | ||
sixth | shishshiy | from 08337; sixth, ord. or (feminine) fractional--sixth (part). |
day. | yowm | from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)--age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, required, season, since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
Footnotes:
[10] 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6
[1] 1:6 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20
[2] 1:7 Or fashioned; also verse 16
[3] 1:8 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1
[4] 1:10 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1
[5] 1:11 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29
[6] 1:14 Or appointed times
[7] 1:20 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20
[8] 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
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