Genesis

Genesis 1:5

⁵God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.”

And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.^b

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
God	אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
called	וַיִּקְרָ֨א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
the light	לָאוֹר֙	lā·’ō·wr	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular	H216 light
day	י֔וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
and the darkness	וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ	wə·la·ḥō·šeḵ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
He called	קָ֣רָא	qā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
night	לָ֑יְלָה	lā·yə·lāh	Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
And there was	וַֽיְהִי־	way·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
evening	עֶ֥רֶב	‘e·reḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H6153 (sun)set, evening
and there was	וַֽיְהִי־	way·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
morning	בֹ֖קֶר	ḇō·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
the first	אֶחָֽד׃פ	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
day	י֥וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.