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וַֽיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עֶ֥רֶבerevevenעֶרֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “even”, the ordinary formH6153dusk[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.וַֽיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בֹ֖קֶרvoqerdayבֹּקֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “day”, the ordinary formH1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.י֥וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…שְׁלִישִֽׁיshelishithirdשְׁלִישִׁיadjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7992third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)third (part, rank, time), three (years old).
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Young’s Literal Translation
and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day third.
World English Bible
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Darby Translation
And there was evening, and there was morning — a third day.
Douay-Rheims
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
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