Study it in the app“And Elohim made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.”
AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםmadeיַּעַשׂthe twoאֶת שְׁנֵיgreatהַגְּדֹלִיםlights:הַמְּאֹרֹתthe greaterהַגָּדֹלlightאֶת הַמָּאוֹרto ruleלְמֶמְשֶׁלֶתthe day,הַיּוֹםand the lesserהַקָּטֹןlightוְאֶת הַמָּאוֹרto ruleלְמֶמְשֶׁלֶתthe night,הַלַּיְלָהand the stars.וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִים
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolim” appearsluminary
The sun, moon and stars.
Where else “meorot” appearsdominion
Dominion, rule: the power to govern something and the realm where it is used.
Where else “memshelet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsstar
Star.
Where else “kochavim” appears15and let them be lights in the vault of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
16 · This verse (above)
17And Elohim set them in the vault of the heavens to give light on the earth,
1. What it says
What did Elohim say about everything he had made at the end of the sixth day (v. 31)?
2. What it means
What does the text say about human beings when it says they were created in the image of Elohim (v. 27)?
3. How I live it
How can you treat the people around you today, remembering that every one of them was created in the image of Elohim?
