הָא֖וֹר (hā·’ō·wr) in Genesis 1:4: Article | Noun - common singular
הָא֖וֹר (hā·’ō·wr) in Genesis 1:4
Source Word
At Genesis 1:4, the source token הָא֖וֹר is H216, Art | N-cs. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The light directly reflects the article and points back to the light introduced by God's command. God recognizes the light he has called forth as good before ordering its relation to darkness.
How To Communicate It
Keep this token attached to God saw and compare its evaluative role with the second light token governed by separated.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not merge the two Genesis 1:4 tokens or derive divine essence from the definite article.
- The report labels the noun construct, but its article and object-marker setting control the local syntax.
- Read the light within Genesis 1:4 as this H216 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Article | Noun - common singular
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Common
Singular
Not applicable
Article
None
The noun names what God evaluates; verbal viewpoint comes from saw and was good.
The definite singular noun follows the object marker in the seeing clause, distinguishing this token from the later light in the separation clause.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The light as the definite object God sees and evaluates
The clause declaring God's assessment before he separates light and darkness
The article identifies the newly called light as the specific reality God sees to be good.
This first occurrence does not yet serve as the object of separation and does not identify God with created light.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Moderate: God recognizes the light he has called forth as good before ordering its relation to darkness.
The definite singular noun follows the object marker in the seeing clause, distinguishing this token from the later light in the separation clause.. The article identifies the newly called light as the specific reality God sees to be good.. Attached to the light as the definite object God sees and evaluates. Governed by the clause declaring God's assessment before he separates light and darkness. This first occurrence does not yet serve as the object of separation and does not identify God with created light.
What work does the first the light perform in Genesis 1:4? It is the definite object God sees and judges good before the separation statement begins.
Direct: The light directly reflects the article and points back to the light introduced by God's command.
The report labels the noun construct, but its article and object-marker setting control the local syntax. Light can become theological imagery elsewhere; this occurrence first names the created light God evaluates.
Same verse means same token function: The first light is governed by saw, while the second belongs to separated light from darkness. definite light equals God: The article identifies a created referent already introduced in the narrative.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Genesis 1:4, the source token הָא֖וֹר is H216, Art | N-cs. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
אוֹר is the lemma behind the light here. Within Genesis 1:4, H216 retains this exact lexical identity.
The definite singular noun follows the object marker in the seeing clause, distinguishing this token from the later light in the separation clause.
God recognizes the light he has called forth as good before ordering its relation to darkness.
Created light receives divine approval and ordered purpose, while the Creator remains distinct from the creation he evaluates.
Keep this token attached to God saw and compare its evaluative role with the second light token governed by separated.
Do not merge the two Genesis 1:4 tokens or derive divine essence from the definite article.