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Genesis 1:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ויאמר

H430 And God אלהים

H1961 Let there be יהי

H216 light אור

H1961 and there was ויהי

H216 light אור׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H430 God

H559 said

Let

there

H1961 be

H216 light

and

there

H1961 was

H216 light

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H430

Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym

Pronunciation: el-o-heem'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {angels} X-(idiom) {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X-(idiom) (very) {great} {judges} X-(idiom) mighty.

Definition:

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

1. (plural)

a. rulers, judges

b. divine ones

c. angels

d. gods

2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

a. god, goddess

b. godlike one

c. works or special possessions of God

d. the (true) God

e. God

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906