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and to ruleוְלִמְשֹׁלover the dayבַּיּוֹםand over the night,וּבַלַּיְלָהand to separateוּלֲהַבְדִּילthe lightבֵּין הָאוֹרfrom the darkness.וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְAndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsawיַּרְאthatכִּיit wasgood.טוֹב
Genesis 1:18
Study it in the app“and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:18, word by word
- and to ruleמְשֹׁלmeshol
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “meshol” appears- over the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and over the nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and to separateהַבְדִּילhavdil
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “havdil” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- from the darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
17And Elohim set them in the vault of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 · This verse (above)
19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
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?