Genesis · Bereshit

Genesis 1:5

וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד׃
King James Version (KJV)

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Modern English

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

וַיִּקְרָאvayikraand called
לָאוֹרla'orthe light
יוֹםyomDay
לַחֹשֶׁךְlachoshechand the darkness
לָיְלָהlaylahNight
אֶחָדechadfirst / one
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