Genesis 1 Vocab -- BIBL 2

Question 1

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית

Answer 1

Gen 1:1 (רֵאשִׁית) beginning, first

Question 2

בָּרָ֣א

Answer 2

Gen 1:1 (ב־ר־א) G: to create

Question 3

תֹ֨הוּ֙

Answer 3

Gen 1:2 (תֹּ֫הוּ) formlessness

Question 4

תְה֑וֹם

Answer 4

Gen 1:2 (תְּהוֹם) deep (primeval ocean)

Question 5

מְרַחֶ֖פֶת

Answer 5

Gen 1:2 (ר־ח־ף) D: to hover

Question 6

וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל

Answer 6

Gen 1:4 (ב־ד־ל) H: to separate

Question 7

וַיִּקְרָ֨א ל־

Answer 7

Gen 1:5 (ק־ר־א) to call; to name (with ל introducing thing named)

Question 8

אֶחָֽד׃

Answer 8

Gen 1:5 (אֶחָד) one (in phrase, “first day” or possibly “day one”)

Question 9

וִיהִ֣י מַבְדִּ֔יל

Answer 9

Gen 1:6 (ב־ד־ל) “By connecting a finite form of היה with a following predicate participle, an aspectual and/or modal index is assigned to the participle, yielding forms that are…jussive progressive (#12)…12. Let there be a firmament….(let it be) dividing water from water.” (IHBS, 37.7.1.b, #12)

Question 10

בֵּ֥ין מַ֖יִם לָמָֽיִם׃

Answer 10

Gen 1:6 (בֵּין) between; “between X and Y” shows a second preposition, often ובין, but also sometimes לבין or just ל)

Question 11

וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

Answer 11

Gen 1:7 (כֵּן) so, thus (adverb of manner); often in expressions, e.g., “and it was so/thus.”

Question 12

יִקָּו֨וּ

Answer 12

Gen 1:9 (ק־ו־י) N: to be gathered (together), be collected

Question 13

הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה

Answer 13

Gen 1:9 (יַבָּשָׁה) dry land

Question 14

וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה

Answer 14

Gen 1:10 ([מִקְוֶה]) collection (i.e., of waters)

Question 15

תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א

Answer 15

Gen 1:11 (ד־שׁ־א) H: to cause to sprout

Question 16

דֶּ֔שֶׁא

Answer 16

Gen 1:11 (דֶּ֫שֶׁא) cultivated vegetation generally; grass

Question 17

עֵ֚שֶׂב

Answer 17

Gen 1:11 (עֵ֫שֶׂב) plant(s), herbage, grass

Question 18

מַזְרִ֣יעַ

Answer 18

Gen 1:11 (ז־ר־ע) H: to produce seed (cf. G: to bear [seed])

Question 19

לְמִינ֔וֹ

Answer 19

Gen 1:11 ([מִין]) kind, species

Question 20

מְאֹרֹת֙

Answer 20

Gen 1:14 (מָאוֹר) luminary

Question 21

לְאֹתֹת֙

Answer 21

Gen 1:14 (אוֹת) sign (elsewhere as reminder/memorial, but here as temporal marker)

Question 22

וּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים

Answer 22

Gen 1:14 (מוֹעֵד) season/time < appointed (time)/due (season) < appointment, meeting

Question 23

וְהָי֤וּ לִמְאוֹרֹת֙

Answer 23

Gen 1:15 (מָאוֹר) the verb continues the volitive sequence, while the preposition introduces the predicate (“and let them be luminaries…”)

Question 24

לְהָאִ֖יר

Answer 24

Gen 1:15 (א־ו־ר) H: to give light, shine

Question 25

לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת

Answer 25

Gen 1:16 (מֶמְשָׁלָה) dominion, rule, authority

Question 26

יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ

Answer 26

Gen 1:20 (שׁ־ר־ץ) G: swarm, teem (w/ adv. acc.: with X)

Question 27

שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה

Answer 27

Gen 1:20 (שֶׁ֫רֶץ) (collective) swarming things, swarms; (in cstr. here) swarm of living creatures

Question 28

וְעוֹף֙

Answer 28

Gen 1:20 (עוֹף) fowl, bird(s); flying things

Question 29

יְעוֹפֵ֣ף

Answer 29

Gen 1:20 (ע־ו־ף) Polel: to fly, soar

Question 30

אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִ֖ם

Answer 30

Gen 1:21 (תַּנִּין) sea monster/serpent/dragon

Question 31

הָֽרֹמֶ֡שֶׂת

Answer 31

Gen 1:21 (ר־מ־שׂ) G: to creep, crawl, move about

Question 32

כָּנָף֙

Answer 32

Gen 1:21 (כָּנָף) wing; (as genitive/nom.rect.) winged

Question 33

בְּהֵמָ֥ה

Answer 33

Gen 1:24 (בְּהֵמָה) beast(s) (as distinct from birds, fishes, creeping creatures, humans, wild animals, etc.)

Question 34

וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ

Answer 34

Gen 1:24 (רֶ֫מֶשׂ) creeping/moving thing(s) (perhaps with ref. to reptiles, insects)

Question 35

וְחַֽיְתוֹ־אֶ֖רֶץ

Answer 35

Gen 1:24 (חַיָּה) suffix here is waw-compagnis

Question 36

בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ

Answer 36

Gen 1:26 (צֶ֫לֶם) image (as in shared likeness, resemblance)

Question 37

כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ

Answer 37

Gen 1:26 (דְּמוּת) likeness, appearance, form, substance

Question 38

וְיִרְדּוּ֩

Answer 38

Gen 1:26 (ר־ד־י) G: to have dominion, rule (with ב: over)

Question 39

זָכָ֥ר

Answer 39

Gen 1:27 (זָכָר) male

Question 40

וּנְקֵבָ֖ה

Answer 40

Gen 1:27 (נְקֵבָה) female

Question 41

וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ

Answer 41

Gen 1:28 (כ־ב־שׁ) G: to subdue, make subservient

Question 42

נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔ה

Answer 42

Gen 1:30 (נֶ֫פֶשׁ) here, “breath of life, lifeforce,” as opposed to “living creature” elsewhere in Gen 1

Question 43

אֶת־כָּל־יֶ֥רֶק

Answer 43

Gen 1:30 (יֶ֫רֶק) plant(s), greenery