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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Let there beיְהִיlight,”אוֹרand there wasוַיְהִיlight.אוֹר
Genesis 1:3
Study it in the app“And Elohim said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:3, 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- “Let there beיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears
The context
2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of Elohim was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3 · This verse (above)
4And Elohim saw the light, that it was good; and Elohim separated the light from the darkness.
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?