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.
And God called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening and the morning were
[And there was evening and there was morning] – the second day.
(Genesis 1:6-8 KJV [revision mine])
From Session 5 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook
Hebrew Vocabulary Words*
- RAQIYA’ (H7549) – noun. extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament
- TAVEK (H8432) – noun. midst, middle
- ‘ASAH (H6213) – verb. 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make, 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze
- ‘ASHER (H834) – 1) (relative participle) 1a) which, who 1b) that which; 2) (conjunction) 2a) that (in object clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if
- MIN/MINNIY/MINNEY (H4480) – from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than (preposition); 2) that (conjunction)
- KEN (H3651) – 1) so, therefore, thus (adverb); 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable (adjective)
- SHENIY (H8145) – noun, adjective. second
*Definitions are from Brown-Driver-Briggs’ Hebrew-English Lexicon.
Suggested Discussion Starters
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