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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםcalledיִּקְרָאthe lightלָאוֹר“Day,”יוֹםand the darknessוְלַחֹשֶׁךְhe calledקָרָא“Night.”לָיְלָהAnd there wasוַיְהִיeveningעֶרֶבand there wasוַיְהִיmorning,בֹקֶרoneאֶחָדday.יוֹם
Genesis 1:5
Study it in the app“And Elohim called the light “Day,” and the darkness he called “Night.” And there was evening and there was morning, one day.”
The book opens with God creating: he says "Let there be light," and there is lightCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:5, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- “Dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and the darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- “Nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” 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- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears
The context
4And Elohim saw the light, that it was good; and Elohim separated the light from the darkness.
5 · This verse (above)
6And Elohim said, “Let there be a vault in the middle of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
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?