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Genesis 1:15 Interlinear

“ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth ”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְהָי֤וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	לִמְאוֹרֹת֙	H3974	And let them be for lights	properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e., (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.,cheerfulness; specifically, a chandeli
3	בִּרְקִ֣יעַ	H7549	in the firmament	properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
4	הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	H8064	of the heaven	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
5	לְהָאִ֖יר	H215	to give light	to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
6	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	הָאָ֑רֶץ	H776	upon the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8	וַֽיְהִי	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9	כֵֽן׃	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

Genesis 1:15 (current) And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth