Genesis 1:7

Genesis 1:7


God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. NASB

And God made the expanse and it separated between the water that was below the expanse and the water that was above the expanse, and it was so. Jewish translation

וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

hamayim beyn vayaBadal hareqiya Elohim vaya’ash
4325---------996--------914---------7549---------430-------6213


ma’al ashar hamayim vabeyn lareqiya matachath ashar
5921------834--------4325-------996-------7549------8478----------834


ken vayahay lareqiya
3651----1961----7549

6213--–vaya’ash –
1. to do, fashion, accomplish, make
a. to do, work, make, produce
b. to do
c. to work
d. to deal (with)
e. to act, act with effect, effect
f. to make
g. to produce
h. to prepare
i. to make (an offering)
j. to attend to, put in order
k. to observe, celebrate
l. to acquire (property)
m. to appoint, ordain, institute
n. to bring about
o. to use
p. to spend, pass
1. to be done
2. to be produced
3. to be offered
4. to be observed
5. to be used
6. to be made
7. to press, squeeze.

430----Elohim – Magistrates

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

914----vayaBadal – to divide separate, distinguish, differ, select, a part.

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

4325---hamayim - water, waters
j. water
k. water of the feet, urine
l. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

834----ashar –
1. (relative part.)
a. which, who
b. that which
2. (conj)
a. that (in obj clause)
b. when
c. since
d. as
e. conditional if

8478---matachath –
1. the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
a. the under part adv accus
b. beneath prep
c. under, beneath
i. at the foot of (idiom)
ii. sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
iii. of subjection or conquest
d. what is under one, the place in which one stands
i. in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
ii. in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
iii. in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj
e. instead of, instead of that
f. in return for that, because that in compounds
g. in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
h. from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

5921---ma’al –
1. upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
a. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
b. above, beyond, over (of excess)
c. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
d. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
e. over (of suspension or extension)
f. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
g. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
h. to (as a dative) conj
3. top

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

3651---ken -

1. so, therefore, thus
1. thus, so
2. just so
3. therefore
4. so...as (paired with adv)
5. then
6. forasmuch as (in phrase)
7. (with prep)
1. therefore, this being so (specific)
2. hitherto
3. therefore, on this ground (general)
4. afterwards
5. in such case adj
2. right, just, honest, true, veritable
1. right, just, honest
2. correct
3. true, veritable
4. true!, right!, correct! (in assent)

The Magistrates made the atmosphere, separated the waters which were below from the waters which were above and it came to pass, right and true.