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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 1:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:2015 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִשְׁרְצ֣וּyišərəṣw
let them swarmverbH8317
increase) abundantly · creep · move
הַ/מַּ֔יִםhamayim
the watersparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
שֶׁ֖רֶץšereṣ
swarming thingsnounH8318
move
נֶ֣פֶשׁnepeš
creaturesnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
חַיָּ֑הḥayāh
livingadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וְ/עוֹף֙wəʿwōp
and birdsconjH5775
that flieth · flying · fowl
יְעוֹפֵ֣ףyəʿwōpēp
let it flyverbH5774
be faint · flee away · fly · set ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֖יpənēy
the surface ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
רְקִ֥יעַrəqiyʿa
the firmament ofnounH7549
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Sofia AndradeNote2mo ago
Creatures of the sea
Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth. And God blessed them and told them to be fruitful and multiply. What moves me about this is the sequence. God blesses the c...
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