Genesis 1:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:2123 words
וַיִּבְרָאwayyiḇrāʾAnd created
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯ—
הַתַּנִּינִםhattannînīmgreat whales
הַגְּדֹלִיםhaggəḏōlîmgreat
וְאֵתwəʾēṯand
כָּלkōlevery
נֶפֶשׁnepešcreature
הַחַיָּהhaḥayyāhliving
הָרֹמֶשֶׂתhārōmeśeṯthat moveth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhich
שָׁרְצוּšārəṣûbrought forth abundantly
הַמַּיִםhammayimthe waters
לְמִינֵהֶםləmînēhemafter their kind
וְאֵתwəʾēṯand
כָּלkōlevery
עוֹףʿôp̄fowl
כָּנָףkānāp̄winged
לְמִינֵהוּləmînēhûafter his kind
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾand saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיkîthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
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