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Genesis 1:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.


Genesis 1:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:1120 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
תַּדְשֵׁאtadšēʾLet bring forth
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
דֶּשֶׁאdešegrass
עֵשֶׂבʿēśeḇthe herb
מַזְרִיעַmazrîaʿyielding
זֶרַעzeraʿseed
עֵץʿēṣtree
פְּרִיpərîfruit
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehyielding
פְּרִיpərîfruit
לְמִינוֹləmînôafter his kind
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhose
זַרְעוֹzarʿôhis seed
בוֹin itself
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
תַּדְשֵׁאtadšēʾLet bring forth
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
דֶּשֶׁאdešegrass
עֵשֶׂבʿēśeḇthe herb
מַזְרִיעַmazrîaʿyielding
זֶרַעzeraʿseed
עֵץʿēṣtree
פְּרִיpərîfruit
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehyielding
פְּרִיpərîfruit
לְמִינוֹləmînôafter his kind
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhose
זַרְעוֹzarʿôhis seed
בוֹin itself
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso

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