FreeGenesis 1 · Psalm 23 · the Shema

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Three short, well-known passages word by word: Genesis 1:1–5, Psalm 23, and the Shema with V'ahavta. Each word has its Hebrew, transliteration and gloss, and each verse has a natural English sentence and audio.

Genesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
bereshit
in the beginning
בָּרָא
bara
created
אֱלֹהִים
elohim
God
אֵת
et
[marks the object]
הַשָּׁמַיִם
hashamayim
the heavens
וְאֵת
ve'et
and [marks the object]
הָאָרֶץ
ha'aretz
the earth

Read as a sentence: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ
veha'aretz
and the earth
הָיְתָה
hayetah
was
תֹהוּ
tohu
formless
וָבֹהוּ
vavohu
and void
וְחֹשֶׁךְ
vechoshech
and darkness
עַל־פְּנֵי
al-penei
on the face of
תְהוֹם
tehom
the deep
וְרוּחַ
veruach
and the spirit/wind of
אֱלֹהִים
elohim
God
מְרַחֶפֶת
merachefet
hovering
עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם
al-penei hamayim
over the face of the water

Read as a sentence: “The earth was formless and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the water.

Genesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר
vayomer
and said
אֱלֹהִים
elohim
God
יְהִי
yehi
let there be
אוֹר
or
light
וַיְהִי־אוֹר
vayehi-or
and there was light

Read as a sentence: “And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Genesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא
vayar
and saw
אֱלֹהִים
elohim
God
אֶת־הָאוֹר
et-ha'or
the light
כִּי־טוֹב
ki-tov
that [it was] good
וַיַּבְדֵּל
vayavdel
and separated
אֱלֹהִים
elohim
God
בֵּין הָאוֹר
bein ha'or
between the light
וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ
uvein hachoshech
and between the darkness

Read as a sentence: “God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא
vayikra
and called
אֱלֹהִים
elohim
God
לָאוֹר
la'or
to the light
יוֹם
yom
day
וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ
velachoshech
and to the darkness
קָרָא
kara
he called
לָיְלָה
laylah
night
וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב
vayehi-erev
and there was evening
וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר
vayehi-voker
and there was morning
יוֹם אֶחָד
yom echad
day one

Read as a sentence: “God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night; and there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Genesis 1:1–5, word for word.

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