31
AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsawיַּרְאeverythingאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe had made,עָשָׂהand look,וְהִנֵּהit wasveryמְאֹדgood.טוֹבAnd there wasוַיְהִיeveningעֶרֶבand there wasוַיְהִיmorning,בֹקֶרthe sixthהַשִּׁשִּׁיday.יוֹם
Genesis 1:31
Study it in the app“And Elohim saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:31, word by word
- 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- he had madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- And there wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- morningבֹקֶרvoker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “voker” appears- the sixthשִּׁשִּׁיshishi
sixth
Sixth; a sixth part.
Where else “shishi” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
30And to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that creeps on the earth, that has life, I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 · This verse (above)
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?