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Genesis 1:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:2518 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayyaʿaśAnd made
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯ
חַיַּתḥayyaṯbeast of
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
לְמִינָהּləmînāhafter his kind
וְאֶתwəʾeṯand
הַבְּהֵמָהhabbəhēmāhcattle
לְמִינָהּləmînāhafter their kind
וְאֵתwəʾēṯand
כָּלkōlevery
רֶמֶשׂremeśthing that creepeth
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾăḏāmāhupon the earth
לְמִינֵהוּləmînēhûafter his kind
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾand saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַשׂwayyaʿaśAnd made
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾeṯdirect object marker (no translation)
חַיַּתḥayyaṯbeast of
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
לְמִינָהּləmînāhafter his kind
וְאֶתwəʾeṯand
הַבְּהֵמָהhabbəhēmāhcattle
לְמִינָהּləmînāhafter their kind
וְאֵתwəʾēṯand
כָּלkōlevery
רֶמֶשׂremeśthing that creepeth
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾăḏāmāhupon the earth
לְמִינֵהוּləmînēhûafter his kind
וַיַּרְאwayyarʾand saw
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
כִּיthat
טוֹבṭôḇgood

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