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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsetיִּתֵּןthemאֹתָםin the vaultבִּרְקִיעַof the heavensהַשָּׁמָיִםto give lightלְהָאִירon the earth,עַל הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 1:17
Study it in the app“And Elohim set them in the vault of the heavens to give light on the earth,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:17, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- setיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- in the vaultרְקִיעַrekia
vault
Something spread out and firm, like a sheet of metal beaten with a hammer. It is the "vault" of the heavens: what is seen above, like a roof spread over the earth, which God set to separate the waters below from the waters above; God called it "heavens".
Where else “rekia” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- to give lightהָאִירhair
give light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “hair” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
16And Elohim made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.
17 · This verse (above)
18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good.
To study Genesis 1 in a group
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?