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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: H5921

Hebrew: עַל

Transliteration: ʻal

Pronunciation: al

Part of Speech: Preposition

Bible Usage: {above} according to ({-ly}) {after} (as) {against} {among} {and} X-(idiom) {as} {at} because {of} beside (the rest {of}) {between} beyond the {time} X-(idiom) both {and} by (reason {of}) X-(idiom) had the charge {of} concerning {for} in ({that}) ({forth} out) {of} (from) ({off}) (up-) {on} {over} {than} through ({-out}) {to} {touching} X-(idiom) with.

Definition:

{above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

1. upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

a. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

b. above, beyond, over (of excess)

c. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

d. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

e. over (of suspension or extension)

f. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

g. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

h. to (as a dative) conj

2. because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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