Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

 taew> ~yIm;V'h; tae ~yhil{a/ ar'B' tyviareB.  Genesis 1:1

`#r,a'h'

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arB verb: qal perf 3rd pers masc sing   H1254 arB  to create

~yhil{a/ common noun masc pl   H430 ~yhil{a/ God  

tae direct object marker   H853 tae (Hebrew Alphabet) sign (Equal to A -Z) of the definite direct object, not translated in English  but generally preceding and indicating the accusative 

h article  ~yIm;v' common noun masc pl   H8064 ~yIm;v'  heaven, heavens, sky  visible heavens,  as abode of the stars , as the visible universe, the sky,  atmosphere,  Heaven (as the abode of God) 

h article  #r,a, common noun masc/fem sing   H776 #r,a,  whole earth

       ta  This A-T is equal to our A-Z , or the alphabet  , you can not have words without letters  to make them. So when we read in Gen 1:1 in English that God made the Heaven and Earth first, this is wrong, God made the Hebrew Alphabet first so He could make words to speak everything else into being.

YHVH is used 6,829 times in the Tanach.

Rav. Mike Stevens

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