Genesis 1:6
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- רָקִיעַrâqîyaʻproperly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- בָּדַלbâdalto divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, s
- תָּוֶךְtâveka bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 51:15, Job 37:18, Psa 33:6, Job 26:7–8, Jer 10:12–13, Psa 104:2, Psa 148:4, Psa 136:5–6