Genesis 1:2
Footnote:
14 | Water as the Word(s) Strong’s #4325, ha-mayyim. The Dual-Water. Dual of a primitive noun. These words, and others, are capitalized to show they are prefixed with the definite article whereas some instances do not have a definite article as in verse 6. The wind is fluttering over the faces Dual-Water. The water represents the word in its most primitive state. There are many words, yet as a whole, it constitutes one word. In the singular, water needs no extra study. But because this is in the dual form, there is more to learn. The interpretation of "waters" does not do a noun with a suffix denoting a "pair" much justice. Watery-pair, or dual-water is indicative of something more than just "water". In the New Testament, the genetive plural for water hydatōn (of the water ones) in Greek is found only in the book of Revelation. One time it is in the plural dative hydasin, the swine "died in the water(ones)". Notably there are a couple of odd semantical instances of "many water(s)" polly hydata: "because there were many waters there" (John 3:23) Also an interpretation of "Waters" is given in Revelation: the water ones who you saw, where the prostitute sits, are people and multitudes, and nations and tongues.(Rev. 17:15 RBT)
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