“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 |