Let there be light in Hebrew is יְהִי אוֹר (yehí or).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
יְהִי אוֹר
yehí or
phrase
In English
let there be light
/lɛt ðɛɹ bi ləɪːt/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the phrase let there be light.
Translations
- יְהִי אוֹריהי אורyehí or
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These are the questions people ask about let there be light in Hebrew.
How do you say let there be light in Hebrew?
let there be light in Hebrew is יְהִי אוֹר, said yehí or. Without vowel points it is written יהי אור.
How is let there be light pronounced in English?
let there be light is pronounced /lɛt ðɛɹ bi ləɪːt/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry let there be light and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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