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Genesis 1:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5414 set ויתן

H853 אתם

H430 And God אלהים

H7549 them in the firmament ברקיע

H8064 of the heaven השׁמים

H215 to give light להאיר

H5921 upon על

H776 the earth הארץ׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H430 God

H5414 set

them

the

H7549 firmament

the

H8064 heaven

give

H215 light

H5921 upon

the

H776 earth

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H430

Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym

Pronunciation: el-o-heem'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {angels} X-(idiom) {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X-(idiom) (very) {great} {judges} X-(idiom) mighty.

Definition:

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

1. (plural)

a. rulers, judges

b. divine ones

c. angels

d. gods

2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

a. god, goddess

b. godlike one

c. works or special possessions of God

d. the (true) God

e. God

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906