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Genesis Vocabulary
Every Hebrew word found in Genesis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |