Genesis 2:1 Go deeper
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (KJV)
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וַיְכֻלּ֛וּvay.khu.Luand they were completed
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVPw3mp)
Meaning: to end: finish
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Genesis 2:1 word 1
הַשָּׁמַ֥יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavens
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heaven
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Genesis 2:1 word 2
וְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand the earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 2:1 word 3
וְכָל\־ve.kholand all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 2:1 word 4
צְבָאָֽם\׃tze.va.'Amhost their
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: army
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Exodus 6:26, Exodus 7:4, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635A; TAHOT Genesis 2:1 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Thus the heavens | → | שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven |
| and the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| were completed | → | כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish |
| in all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| their vast array | → | צָבָא H6635A army |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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