Sunday, December 27, 2009

Genesis 1:15

Genesis 1:15

וְהָיוּ לִמְאֹורֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

hashamayim bareqiya lamaowrat vahayow
8064---------------7549----------3974-----------1961
ken vayahay Ha-eretz al owr
3651----1961------776----5921--215

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. NASB

And they shall be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to shed light upon the earth." And it was so.
Traditional Jewish Translation

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

3974----lamaowrat – luminous body or luminary, light, brightness, cheerfulness, chandelier

7549----bareqiya - extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament
g. expanse (flat as base, support)
h. firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above)

8064----hashamayim - to be lofty, the sky, aloft.

215 – 218----owr - luminous, luminary, lightning, happiness, flame, the east, a city in Chaldea, Ur.

5921----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

q. 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
r. above, beyond, over (of excess)
s. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
t. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
u. over (of suspension or extension)
v. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
w. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
x. to (as a dative) conj
9. top

776----Ha-eretz – to be firm, the earth.

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

3651----ken – to set upright; hence just; rightly or so

Let luminaries exist in the lofty firmament to be luminous upon the earth and it became so.

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