Genesis 1:2
the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,This verse in the real world
In what words
- בֹּהוּbôhûwa vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin
- רָחַףrâchaphto brood; by implication, to be relaxed
- תֹּהוּtôhûwa desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in v
- תְּהוֹםtᵉhôwman abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterrane
- עַלʻalabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in
- חֹשֶׁךְchôshekthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance,
- הָיָהhâyâhto exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxil
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
+3 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 4:23, Psa 104:30, Isa 45:18, Psa 33:6, Job 26:7, Isa 40:12–14, Job 26:14