GENESIS 1:15

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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.”

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Genesis 1:15 Translation & Meaning

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And let them be וְהָי֤וּ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) let
for lights לִמְאוֹרֹת֙ Properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e., (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.,cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier lights
in the firmament בִּרְקִ֣יעַ Properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky firmament
of the heaven הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) heaven
to give light לְהָאִ֖יר To be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically) give light
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
the earth: הָאָ֑רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) earth
and it was וַֽיְהִי To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) and it was
so. כֵֽן׃ Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) so

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  • 13  And the evening and the morning were the third day.

  • 14  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

  • 15  And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  • 16  And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

  • 17  And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,




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