| Classic Hebrew | Modern Hebrew | English Pronunciation | English Translation | Advanced |
| THE VOID | *תהו= void, formless
*תהום= void, abyss
*בהו = void, empty | Yahm | Sea, West (Biblical Cardinal Direction) | Not to be confused with יום (day) even though their plural ימים is identical in Classic Hebrew |
| פני | 1) פְּנֵי־ , פָּנַי
2) פָּנָה, פְּנֵה | 1) P'Nay-, PahNahy
2) P'Nah, PahNah | 1) NOUN=FACE, surFACE
2) VERB=to face, to turn | Sky-Water=Sham (שָׁמַ) derived from Akkadian samu meaning "sky" & Hebrew mayim (מַיִם) meaning "water" |
| תהום | תְּהוֹם | T'Hoom | ABYSS, VOID, (cosmology) The Deep, depth; (figuratively) large difference | וְ=default
starts w:
יְ=וִי
labial consonant וּ=בומפ
shva וּ=בְ
Kvowel=non-kvowel וַאֲדָמָה וֶאֱיָל וָחֳדָשׁים
kvowel +י =kvowel can be shva & ו can be וִ or וֶ (ו־ + הֱיִיתֶם =וֶהֱיִיתֶם, וֶהְיִיתֶם, & וִהְיִיתֶם)
stressed 1st vowel=וָ |
| היתה | הָיְתָה | HahYuhTah | WAS-3rd person feminine singular past | |
| ראשית | | RaySheeyt | 1)The 1st in place, time, order or rank (firstfruit) 2) beginning, chief, first, principal thing | |
| ול | | Ool | And the__, And for__ | |
| אותות | אוֹתוֹת | Oht'Oht | 1)Signs (m)
2)Omens (m)
3)Cues (m) | a particle used in front of the direct object of a verb, in this case "the heavens and the earth", indicating that this is what is being "created" |
| אלהים | אֱלֹהִים | Ehloh'heeym | God(s) | |
| היה | בְדֵּל | B'Dayl | to be, to exist | |
| יהי | יְהִי | Y'Heey | IMPERATIVE VERB=be | |
| תהו | תֹּהוּ | TohHoo | Formless, Void, desolation, nothingness, emptiness | |
| יום | יוֹם | Yohm | Day | |
| רקיע | 1)רָקִיעַ
2)רְקִיעַ־ singular construct | 1)Rah'Keey'Yah
2)R'Kee'Yah | 1)Firmament-the concave surface on which the heavenly bodies appear to move
2)Sky
3)Heavens
4)Expanse | |
| פני | מוֹעֲדִים | P'Nay | FACE, SurFACE | |
| מועד | מוֹעֵד | Moh'Ayd | 1)Appointment
2)Season
3)Festival | |
| עשה | עָשָׂה | ahsah | Forming words pertaining to doing or making. | |
| ירא | יָרֵא | YahrUh | to fear, be afraid, to revere, respect, stand in awe (of) | translated beheld in English |
| ו | מִתַּחַת | Oh | Them | |
| אותיות | אוֹתִיּוֹת | Oht'Eey'Oht | Letters (f) consonents? | |
| מועדים | בֹּקֶר-, בוקר | Moh'Ahdeeym | 1)Appointments
2)Seasons
3)Festivals | |
| טוב | 1) טוֹב
2) טוּב | 1)Tov
2)Toohv | 1)To be/do good (v), Kind (adj)
2)Goodness (n), Virtue (n) | |
| BEING VERBS | *יהוה -I am that I am/ I will be what I will be/ I was what I was (all tenses)
*היתה -__was (past tense)
*היה -to be (present tense)
*יהי -he becomes (imperative)
*הָיְתָה-she became | Keey | Adverb
1)So
2)Thus
Conjunction
1)That
2)For
3)Since
4)Because | Hint=KEY is FOR a door or car |
| ב־ | בְּ־, בַּ, בִּ | Beey-, Bah-, B'- | 1)PREP=in (place/time), at, with | |
| ימים | 1) יָמִים (2 יַמִּים | 1)Yahmeeym 2)Yahmeeym | 1)Days 2)Seas | בְּ־ rarely means into, is strictly a PREP, & always takes an object-ie בִּפְנִים “in/inside” is w/o object; לְ־ more often = in/into. Hebrew Months; ie 17th of Tammuz (17 in Tammuz) = 17 בתמוז
לְ־ is used with Roman months. |
| בהו | בּוֹ | BohHoo | Void | אֲשֶׁר as a conjunction is a relativizer, which is something Standard English doesn't have |
| שמים | שָׁמַיִם | Shah'Mah'Yeem | PLURAL NOUN=the sky, skies, heavens, heaven | *GREEK SEPTUAGINT uses:
γένος (genos)-->genus [Latin]
γένη (gene)
*LATIN VULGATE uses Speciem |
| רוח | רוּחַ | 1)May'Ahl
2)Mah'Ahl | wind, breath, spirit | 1)CONTRACTION of מ- (mi-, “of”) + על (al, “on”).
Hint:Mal= to steal from temple, to profane |
| אור | אוֹר | Ohr | 1. NOUN=visible light (electromagnetic radiation of any frequency), light source, fire, "light of understanding"
2. VERB=to shine, to illuminate | |
| בין | בֵּין | Bayn | 1)Between
2)Among
3)Amid | Hint=B__n |
| BEHOLD VERBS | *infinitive לירוא \ לִירֹא
*present יָרֵא
*future יִירָא
*imperative יְרָא
*passive counterpart נוֹרָא | 1)AhShehr
2)AhShayr | 1)PRONOUN: That, which, who, whom (relative pn used to introduce a relative clause). CONJUNCTION: (relativizer, used to introduce a relative clause)
2)Asher=a son of Jacob | |
| כי | כִּי | l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la- | PREP
TO/FOR-use w destination
TO/FOR-use w recipient of action or possessor | סָגוֹר=close
לִסְגּוֹר=to close
pa'ál construction:
#1 vowel=לִ
#2 vowel=לַ
#3 vowel=לֶ
#4 vowel=לָ
Rare vowel=לֵ or ל
pi'él, hitpa'él, hitpu'al, & hif'íl construction:
Vowel=לְ |
| י | יַּ | Yah | He is__ | Verb only used wrt God |
| חשך | חֹשֶׁךְ | ChoShek | 1) darkness
2) evil, forces of darkness | |
| ו־ | וִ־,וּ־,וַ־,וֶ־,וָ־, וְ־ | W', Wah, Weh, Oo, Wee | And_
*used before listed items except 1st
*ו־ attached to Vb may flip its conjug
*Vb in perfect tense uses suffix conjug
*Vb in imperfect tense uses prefix conjug
*vav hahipúkh=ו of flipping
*vav hakhibúr=ו of connection, which may have diff vowel | Similar to תְּהוֹם the abyss |
| בו | | Boh | in them (in+3rd person masc singular personal prounoun as an object) | |
| ראש | רֹאשׁ | Rohsh | Head, Leader, | from ראש meaning head |
| יהוה | secular Jews vocalize as אֲדֹנָי
orthodox Jews vocalize as הַשֵּׁם | Adonai
Hashem
YHWH-pronunciation lost | Night | the original pronunciation was probably lost around the Hellenistic era
Tetragrammaton, one of the names of God.
The proper, personal name of the Jewish God. |
| מרחפת | אֵת, אֶת־ | Eht | was moving | Firmament (Hebrew Mythology): a surface separating the various levels of heaven |
| יאמר | 1. יֹאמֶר
2. יֵאָמַר | 1. Yohmehr
2. YayAhmahr | 1. [He/it] will say (third-person masculine singular future)
2. [It] will be said (third-person masculine singular future) | |
| מעל | 1)מֵעַל
2)מָעַל | RahChahf | 1)PREPOSITION=Above, over, higher than, more than
2)VERB=commit sacrilege, steal something from the Temple in Jerusalem, use sacred property for personal use | |
| שנים | שָׁנִים | Shah'Neeym | 1)Years (time)
2)Repeats many times | |
| רקיעים | רְקִיעִים | R'Keey'Yeeym | 1)Firmaments
2)Skies
3)Heavens
4)Expanses | |
| רחף | רָחַף | | VERB-qal=to brood; to be relaxed, TO FLUTTER, to move, to shake
VERB-piel=TO HOVER | |
| על | על־, עַל | Ahl, Ahl- | 1) on, upon, over; about, concerning
2)Super-: above; more than; larger than | |
| בקר | | Bohkehr | Morning | |
| לילה | לַיְלָה | Liy'Lah | | Rosh Hashanah= Head Year = Hebrew New Year |
| קרא | קָרָא | | | |
| ים | יָם | | | |
| את | | | 1)THOU-proto-sinaitic
2)PREP USED WHEN:
*def DO is a proper noun
*def DO is a personal pn-where it is incorporated into the form of את
*noun phrase beginning with ה־
*noun phrase headed by a noun compound ending | |
| ל־ | לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־ | Erehb
Erehb
Ahrayb
Ahrahb | 1)Day before__
2)Evening
3)Guarantee, Pretty
4)Arabia (Peninsula) | 1. from אָמַר
2. from נאמר |
| מתחת | רֵאשִׁית | Meetah'Chat | Below | |
| יבדל | הָיָה | HahYah | VERB=will separate oneself from, will separate (imperfect, 3rd person, sing, masc) | Strongs=914, Gen 1:6,7 |
| אשר | 1)אֲשֶׁר
2)אָשֵׁר | Shahnah | 1)Year (time)
2)Repeat another time | |
| שם | 1. שֵׁם
2. שָׁם | 1. Shaym
2. Shahm | 1. Name
2. There | ה־ follows: לְ־, בְּ־ כְּ־ they merge consonant after ה־ gets dagesh except=א,ה,ח,ע,ר in which case the vowel in the ה־ changes:
If stressed הָ־=ר,ע,א
If unstressed הֶ־=ע
If stressed הַ־=ה,ח
If unstressed kamats/kkamats+ הֶ־=ה,ח |
| ערב | עֲרָב,עָרַב,עֶרֶב, עֶרֶב־ | | | |
| בדל | | | Forming words relating to separation or distinction | בְּדָל (b'dál)
בָּדַל (badál)
בידל \ בִּדֵּל (bidél)
הִבְדִיל (hivdíl)
הֶבְדֵּל (hevdél)
הַבְדָּלָה (havdalá)
הִבָּדְלוּת (hibad'lút)
נִבְדַּל (nivdál) |
| שנה | שָׁנָה | kahrah | 1. to call, 2. to read | pa'al construction:
infinitive לקרוא \ לִקְרֹא
future יִקְרָא
passive counterpart נִקְרָא |
| מין | מִין | Meeyn | 1)Species*
2)Kind
3)Type | linking V:
present עוֹשֶׂה
future יַעֲשֶׂה
passive participle עָשׂוּי
passive counterpart נַעֲשָׂה
*never introduces a bare infinitive
מַעֲשֶׂה=deed, action, event, story
עָשׂוּי=made of
נַעֲשָׂה=to be done, made; to become
מַעַשׂ=action |
| אות | 1)אוֹת (m)
2)אוֹת (f) | Oht | 1)Sign (m)
2)Omen (m)
3)Cue (m)
4)Letter (f) consonant? | The present tense is usually omitted; in some cases a pronoun (such as הוא, יש, or הינו) is used rather than any form of the verb |
| ברא | 1) בָּרָא
2) בֵּרֵא | 1) BahRah | VERBE1=To Create
Verbe2=To Cut Down, To Clear | |
| ה־ | הַ־, הָ־, הֶ־ | Hah | THE-definite article
TOnight, TOday, etc | |
