GENESIS 101-2 God, Creator of the Heaven and the Earth

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth [land].
(Genesis 1:1 KJV [revision mine])

From Session 2 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook.

Hebrew Vocabulary Words*

• RE’SHIYTH (H7225) – noun. first, beginning, best, chief
• ELOHIYM (H430) – noun. 1) (plural) rulers, judges, divine ones, angels, gods; 2) (plural intensive – singular meaning) god, goddess, godlike one, works or special possessions of God, the (true) God, God
  • EL (H410) – noun. god, god-like one, mighty one
• BARA (H1254) – verb. 1) to create, shape, form; 2) to be fat
• SHAMAYIM (H8064) – noun. heaven, heavens, sky
• ERETS (H776) – noun. land, earth

*Definitions are from Brown-Driver-Briggs’ Hebrew-English Lexicon.

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