Genesis 1:6

Genesis 1:6

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתֹוךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם

hamayim batavek reqiya yahay Elohim vayaAmar
4325-----------8432----7549------1961-----430-------559
lamayim mayim beyn mabadyal vayahay
4325---------4325----996-------914------1961

And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' This is a Jewish translation.

Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." This is a Christian translation, in particular NASB.

559----vayaAmar, to say, speak, utter
a. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
b. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
c. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
d. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

430----Elohim – Magistrates

1961---yahay - to exist, be, become, come to pass.

7549---reqiya • extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament
a. expanse (flat as base, support)
b. firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above)

8432---batavek - midst, middle
a. midst, middle
b. into, through (after verbs of motion)
c. among (of a number of persons)
d. between (of things arranged by twos)
e. from among (as to take or separate etc)

4325---hamayim water, waters
a. water
b. water of the feet, urine
c. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

1961---vayahay - to exist, be, become, come to pass.

914----mabadyal - to divide, separate
a. (Hiphil)
1. to divide, separate, sever
2. to separate, set apart
3. to make a distinction, difference
4. to divide into parts
b. (Niphal)
1. to separate oneself from (reflexive of
2.
3. to withdraw from
4. to separate oneself unto
5. to be separated
6. to be excluded
7. to be set apart

996----beyn - between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between

4325---mayim - water, waters
d. water
e. water of the feet, urine
f. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

4325---lamayim - water, waters
g. water
h. water of the feet, urine
i. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

What is firmament? Webster’s defines it as ‘the vault or arch of the sky.
We could understand that as the atmosphere.

The Magistrates said, “Let there be an atmosphere in the midst of the water, to exist and separate the water from the waters.