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Genesis 1:17 Interlinear

“set And God them 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	וַיִּתֵּ֥ן	H5414	set	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
2	אֹתָ֛ם	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	H430	And God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
4	בִּרְקִ֣יעַ	H7549	them in the firmament	properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
5	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	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
6	לְהָאִ֖יר	H215	to give light	to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
7	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	H776	upon the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Genesis 1:17 (current)set And God them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth