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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Letיִקָּווּthe watersהַמַּיִםunderמִתַּחַתthe heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםbe gatheredיִקָּווּintoאֶלoneאֶחָדplace,מָקוֹםandוְletתֵרָאֶהthe dry groundהַיַּבָּשָׁהappear.”תֵרָאֶהAnd it wasוַיְהִיso.כֵן
Genesis 1:9
Study it in the app“And Elohim said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry ground appear.” And it was so.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:9, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Letיִקָּווּyikavu
gather
To gather, like the waters.
Where else “yikavu” appears- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- letתֵרָאֶהterae
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “terae” appears- the dry groundיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears- And it wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears
The context
8And Elohim called the vault “Heavens.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Elohim called the dry ground “Earth,” and the gathering of the waters he called “Seas.” And Elohim saw that it was good.
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?