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Genesis 1:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”

Genesis 1:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:2015 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יִשְׁרְצוּyišrəṣûLet bring forth abundantly
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
שֶׁרֶץšereṣthe moving creature
נֶפֶשׁnepešthat hath
חַיָּהḥayyāhlife
וְעוֹףwəʿôp̄and fowl
יְעוֹפֵףyəʿôpēp̄that may fly
עַלʿalabove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
עַלʿalin
פְּנֵיpənêthe face of
רְקִיעַrəqîaʿthe firmament of
הַשָּׁמָיִםhaššāmāyimheaven
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יִשְׁרְצוּyišrəṣûLet bring forth abundantly
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
שֶׁרֶץšereṣthe moving creature
נֶפֶשׁnepešthat hath
חַיָּהḥayyāhlife
וְעוֹףwəʿôp̄and fowl
יְעוֹפֵףyəʿôpēp̄that may fly
עַלʿalabove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
עַלʿalin
פְּנֵיpənêthe face of
רְקִיעַrəqîaʿthe firmament of
הַשָּׁמָיִםhaššāmāyimheaven

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