Genesis 1:9
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →Cross References
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss...
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that...
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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