Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Genesis 1:10

וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֹוב׃

וַיִּקְרָא Qal imperfect 3ms from the root קרא (he called)"he will call" with a vav conversive making it "and he called"

אֱלֹהִים noun masculine plural "God"

לַיַּבָּשָׁה preposition with noun feminine singular "to the dry land"

אֶרֶץ noun feminine singular "earth"

וּלְמִקְוֵה conjunction, preposition, and noun masculine singular in construct "and to the collection of"

הַמַּיִם definite article with noun dual masculine "the waters"

קָרָא Qal perfect 3ms from the root קרא (he called) "he called"

יַמִּים noun masculine plural "seas"

וַיַּרְא Qal imperfect 3ms from the root ראה (he saw)"he will see" with a vav conversive making it "and he saw"

אֱלֹהִים noun plural masculine "God"

כִּי־טֹוב prepostion with predicate adjective masculine singular "as [being] good, that [it was] good"

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