NOTICE THE PATTERN
Find the verb, subject, and object before building English.
Biblical narrative frequently places the finite verb before its subject. Mark the verb first, then ask who performs it and what receives it. Keep the Hebrew order visible in a literal working line before producing smoother English.
Genesis 1:3 · verb and subject
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר
Vayomer Elohim yehi or
1Read aloud2Identify the form3Retrieve its function4Return to the source