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Genesis 1:8

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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.	And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And God^H430 called^H7121 the firmament^H7549 Heaven^H8064. And the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the second^H8145 day^H3117.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יֹום שֵׁנִי׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקְרָ֧א	va/i.yik.Ra'	H7121	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he called
אֱלֹהִ֛ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
לָֽ/רָקִ֖יעַ	la./ra.Ki.a'	H7549	HRd/Ncmsa	(to) the/ firmament
שָׁמָ֑יִם	sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HNcmpa	heaven
וַֽ/יְהִי	va/y.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ there was
עֶ֥רֶב	'E.rev	H6153	HNcmsa	evening
וַֽ/יְהִי	va/y.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ there was
בֹ֖קֶר	Vo.ker	H1242	HNcmsa	morning
י֥וֹם	Yom	H3117	HNcmsa	a day
שֵׁנִֽי	she.Ni	H8145	HAomsa	second

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.
• H1242 — בֹּקֶר (bôqer, bo'-ker): from בָּקַר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H6153 — עֶרֶב (ʻereb, eh'-reb): from עָרַב; dusk; [phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.
• H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
• H7549 — רָקִיעַ (râqîyaʻ, raw-kee'-ah): from רָקַע; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky; firmament.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
• H8145 — שֵׁנִי (shênîy, shay-nee'): from שָׁנָה; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again; again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).

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

• 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.