Genesis 1:1-5
(Disclaimer: I do not claim any of this to be done correctly. Its purpose is as a study on possible understandings of its meaning.) The Paralleled Picture Word What would the ancients have thought just by looking at the original pictographic script? It is difficult to say in English words since our perception of an ox for example is more according to sight and theirs was according to function. But even if you do not know Hebrew you should be able to look at these pictures and get a general idea of what is happening. The first line in English takes the word down to the original two root letters (underlined.) The word of is added which is typical when two nouns are found next to each other. Then the others letters are added. If a letter is being used as a prefix or suffix or article or conjunction then it will not be the general meaning of the letter that is added but its function to the word (highlighted.) The third and any following ...