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Genesis 1:6

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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.	And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.	And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And God^H430 said^H559, Let there be a firmament^H7549 in the midst^H8432 of the waters^H4325, and let it divide^H914 the waters^H4325 from the waters^H4325.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתֹוךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
יְהִ֥י	ye.Hi	H1961	HVqj3ms	let it be
רָקִ֖יעַ	ra.Ki.a'	H7549	HNcmsa	a firmament
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ	be./Tokh	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) middle of
הַ/מָּ֑יִם	ha./Ma.yim	H4325	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ waters
וִ/יהִ֣י	vi./Hi	H1961	HC/Vqi3ms	and/ let it be
מַבְדִּ֔יל	mav.Dil	H914	HVhrmsa	separating
בֵּ֥ין	bein	H996	HR	between
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	waters
לָ/מָֽיִם	la./Ma.yim	H4325	HR/Ncmpa	to/ 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.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H914 — בָּדַל (bâdal, baw-dal'): a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.); (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.
• 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)).
• H7549 — רָקִיעַ (râqîyaʻ, raw-kee'-ah): from רָקַע; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky; firmament.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
• 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.