Genesis 1:18
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.This verse in the real world
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- בָּדַלbâdalto divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, s
- חֹשֶׁךְchôshekthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance,
- מָשַׁלmâshalto rule
- אוֹרʼôwrillumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- לַיִלlayilproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- 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.