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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםcalledיִּקְרָאthe vaultלָרָקִיעַ“Heavens.”שָׁמָיִםAnd there wasוַיְהִיeveningעֶרֶבand there wasוַיְהִיmorning,בֹקֶרa secondשֵׁנִיday.יוֹם
Genesis 1:8
Study it in the app“And Elohim called the vault “Heavens.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:8, 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 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- “Heavensשָׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” 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- a secondשֵׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
7And 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And Elohim said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry ground appear.” And it was so.
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?