Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 1:2 Interlinear
“And the earth was without form and void and darkness upon the face of the deep And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְהָאָ֗רֶץ | H776 | And the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 2 | הָיְתָ֥ה | H1961 | was | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| 3 | תֹ֙הוּ֙ | H8414 | without form | a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain |
| 4 | וָבֹ֔הוּ | H922 | and void | a vacuity, i.e., (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin |
| 5 | וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ | H2822 | and darkness | the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness |
| 6 | עַל | H5921 | upon | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| 7 | פְּנֵ֥י | H6440 | the face | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 8 | תְה֑וֹם | H8415 | of the deep | an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply) |
| 9 | וְר֣וּחַ | H7307 | And the Spirit | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
| 10 | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | H430 | of 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 |
| 11 | מְרַחֶ֖פֶת | H7363 | moved | to brood |
| 12 | עַל | H5921 | upon | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| 13 | פְּנֵ֥י | H6440 | the face | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 14 | הַמָּֽיִם׃ | H4325 | of the waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
Verse Context
Genesis 1:1In the beginning created God and the heaven and...
Genesis 1:2 (current)And the earth was without form and void and darkness upon the face of the deep And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
Genesis 1:3said And God Let there be and there was light Let there be and there was light...