Genesis
Genesis 2:4
4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORDb God made them.
Footnotes
- b 2:4 LORD or GOD, with capital letters, represents the proper name of the God of Israel and the one true God, transliterated from the Hebrew as YHWH; here and throughout the Scriptures.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This | אֵ֣לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| the account | תוֹלְד֧וֹת | ṯō·wl·ḏō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H8435 descent, family, history |
| of the heavens | הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| and the earth | וְהָאָ֖רֶץ | wə·hā·’ā·reṣ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| when they were created | בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם | bə·hib·bā·rə·’ām | Preposition-b; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural | H1254 shape, create |
| in the day | בְּי֗וֹם | bə·yō·wm | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3117 day |
| that the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| God | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| made | עֲשׂ֛וֹת | ‘ă·śō·wṯ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H6213 do, make |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 5:1 · Revelation 1:8 · Genesis 36:1 · Genesis 1:31 · Genesis 1:4 · Genesis 1:1 · Exodus 15:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.