hevdel — separation, division, setting apart

Genesis 1:4 — “God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.”

Genesis 1:6 — “God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water, that it may separate water from water.””

Genesis 1:7 — “God made the expanse, and it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was above the expanse. And it was so.”

Genesis 1:14 — “God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate day from night; they shall serve as signs for the set times—the days and the years;”

Genesis 1:18 — “to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that this was good.”