Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Genesis 1:2 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