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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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָאָ֗רֶץH776And the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
2הָיְתָ֥הH1961wasto exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3תֹ֙הוּ֙H8414without forma desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
4וָבֹ֔הוּH922and voida vacuity, i.e., (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin
5וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְH2822and darknessthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
6עַלH5921uponabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7פְּנֵ֥יH6440the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
8תְה֑וֹםH8415of the deepan abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
9וְר֣וּחַH7307And the Spiritwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
10אֱלֹהִ֔יםH430of Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
11מְרַחֶ֖פֶתH7363movedto brood
12עַלH5921uponabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
13פְּנֵ֥יH6440the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
14הַמָּֽיִם׃H4325of the waterswater; 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...

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