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Genesis Vocabulary
Every Hebrew word found in Genesis
Question | Answer |
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רֵאשִׁית | beginning, first |
אֱלֹהִים | God |
בָּרָא | he created |
אֵת | [direct object marker] |
שָׁמַיִם | heaven |
אֶרֶץ | earth |
הָיָה | he/it was |
תֹּהוּ | without form |
בֹּהוּ | void |
חֹשֶׁךְ | darkness |
עַל | on, upon, over, above |
פָּנִים | face, before, toward |
תְּהוֹם | deep, depth |
רוּחַ | spirit |
רָחַף | hover, flutter, shake |
מַיִם | waters |
אָמַר | he said |
יְהִי | let there be (jussive form of הָיָה) |
אוֹר | light |
רָאָה | he saw |
כִּי | for, that, because, when |
טוֹב | good |
בָּדַל | he/it divided |
בַּיִן | between, from |
קָרָא | he called, proclaimed, read, named |
יוֹם | day |
לַיִל | night |
עֶרֶב | evening |
בֹּקֶר | morning |
אֶחָד | one, first |
רָקִיעַ | firmament |
תָּוֶךְ | midst, among, within |
עָשָׂה | he did, made |
אֲשֶׁר | who, which, when, that |
תַּחַת | under, beneath, instead of |
כֵּן | thus, so |
שֵׁנִי | second, another |
קָוָה | he/it waited |
יִקָּווּ | let them be gathered together (niphal jussive form of קָוָה) |
אֵל | to, unto (construct form is אֶל־) |
מָקוֹם | place |
יַבָּשָׁה | dry (or dry ground) |
מִקְוֶה | lit. "from the gathering together" (preposition קָוָה + מ) (elsewhere in the OT מִקְוֶה is translated as "linen yarn" or "hope") |
יָם | seas |
דָּשָׁא | bring forth |
דֶּשֶׁא | grass, herb |
עֵשֶׂב | herb, grass |
זָרַע | he/it sowed, yielded |
זֶרַע | seed |
פְּרִי | fruit |
עֵץ | tree |
מִין | kind (as in "species") |
בוֹ | in him; in it; in itself |
יָצָא | he/it went out |
וַתּוֹצֵא | he/it brought forth (hiphil form of יָצָא) |
שְׁלִישִׁי | third, three |
מָאוֹר | light |
אוֹת | sign |
מוֹעֵד | season, time (also "congregation") |
שָׁנָה | year |