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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםmadeיַּעַשׂthe vaultאֶת הָרָקִיעַand separatedוַיַּבְדֵּלthe watersבֵּין הַמַּיִםthat wereאֲשֶׁרunderמִתַּחַתthe vaultלָרָקִיעַfrom the watersוּבֵין הַמַּיִםthat wereאֲשֶׁרaboveמֵעַלthe vault.לָרָקִיעַAnd it wasוַיְהִיso.כֵן
Genesis 1:7
Study it in the app“And Elohim made the vault and separated the waters that were under the vault from the waters that were above the vault. And it was so.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:7, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- the vaultרָקִיעַrakia
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 “rakia” appears- and separatedיַּבְדֵּלyavdel
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “yavdel” appears- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- And it wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears
The context
6And Elohim said, “Let there be a vault in the middle of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
7 · This verse (above)
8And Elohim called the vault “Heavens.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second 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?