Genesis 1:17
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- רָקִיעַrâqîyaʻproperly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- אוֹרʼôwrto be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.