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Genesis 1:2

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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.	And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.	And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the earth^H776 was^H1961 without form^H8414, and void^H922; and darkness^H2822 was upon the face^H6440 of the deep^H8415. And the Spirit^H7307 of God^H430 moved^H7363 upon^H5921 the face^H6440 of the waters^H4325.

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Original Hebrew

וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהֹום וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הָ/אָ֗רֶץ	ve./ha./'A.retz	H776	HC/Td/Ncbsa	and/ the/ earth
הָיְתָ֥ה	ha.ye.Tah	H1961	HVqp3fs	(it) was
תֹ֨הוּ֙	to.hu	H8414	HNcmsa	formlessness
וָ/בֹ֔הוּ	va./Vo.hu	H922	HC/Ncmsa	and/ emptiness
וְ/חֹ֖שֶׁךְ	ve./Cho.shekh	H2822	HC/Ncmsa	and/ darkness
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(was) over
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	H6440	HNcbpc	(the) surface of
תְה֑וֹם	te.Hom	H8415	HNcbsa	(the) deep
וְ/ר֣וּחַ	ve./Ru.ach	H7307	HC/Ncbsc	and/ (the) spirit of
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
מְרַחֶ֖פֶת	me.ra.Che.fet	H7363	HVprfsa	(was) hovering
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	over
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	H6440	HNcbpc	(the) surface of
הַ/מָּֽיִם	ha./Ma.yim	H4325	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ waters

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H922 — בֹּהוּ (bôhûw, bo'-hoo): from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin; emptiness, void.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H7363 — רָחַף (râchaph, raw-khaf'): a primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed; flutter, move, shake.
• H8414 — תֹּהוּ (tôhûw, to'-hoo): from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
• H8415 — תְּהוֹם (tᵉhôwm, teh-home'): or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from הוּם; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply); deep (place), depth.