Genesis 1 – Line 00013

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 1:13

וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

vayhi-erev vayhi-voqer yom shelishi

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב

Transliteration: vayhi-erev

Root: היה (hayah) + עֶרֶב (erev)

Part of Speech: Verb + Noun

Grammar: Qal imperfect, vav-consecutive + noun

Lexical Range:

and it was evening

dusk, sunset, growing dark

WORD 2

Original: וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר

Transliteration: vayhi-voqer

Root: היה (hayah) + בֹּקֶר (boqer)

Part of Speech: Verb + Noun

Grammar: Qal imperfect, vav-consecutive + noun

Lexical Range:

and it was morning

dawn, daybreak

WORD 3

Original: יוֹם

Transliteration: yom

Root: יוֹם (yom)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

day (24-hour)

daylight portion

period of time

WORD 4

Original: שְׁלִישִׁי

Transliteration: shelishi

Root: שלש (shalosh, “three”)

Part of Speech: Adjective (ordinal)

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

third

third in order or sequence

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

Formulaic refrain “vayhi-erev vayhi-voqer yom X” marks the completion of a creative day.

Parallel to vv.5 and 8; this is the third occurrence.

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

No significant textual differences noted between MT and DSS.

LXX parallels: καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί, ἡμέρα τρίτη (“and it became evening and it became morning, third day”).

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Completes the vegetation creation narrative (vv.11–12).

Third in the repeated cycle of evening-morning refrains.

Sets up the cosmic luminary creation (vv.14–19).

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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