Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 1:2 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 1:2, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“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...