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Genesis 1:8 Interlinear

“called And God the firmament Heaven And the evening and the morning day were the second”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּקְרָ֧א	H7121	called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
2	אֱלֹהִ֛ים	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
3	לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ	H7549	the firmament	properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
4	שָׁמָ֑יִם	H8064	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	וַֽיְהִי	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6	עֶ֥רֶב	H6153	And the evening	dusk
7	וַֽיְהִי	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8	בֹ֖קֶר	H1242	and the morning	properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
9	י֥וֹם	H3117	day	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
10	שֵׁנִֽי׃	H8145	were the second	properly, double, i.e., second; also adverbially, again

Genesis 1:8 (current)called And God the firmament Heaven And the evening and the morning day were the second