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What is the “Light” of Genesis 1:3?

What is the “Light” of Genesis 1:3?

In Genesis 1:3 (ESV), it is written,

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

The Hebrew word which is translated into English as “light” is אֹור (or) (Strong’s H216).

Is this “light” to be understood literally or…