Genesis 1:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Genesis 1:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:2619 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥הnaʿăśeh

let us makeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אָדָ֛םʾādām

humankindnounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בְּ/צַלְמֵ֖/נוּbəṣaləmēnw

in image ourpronH6754

vain shew

כִּ/דְמוּתֵ֑/נוּkidəmwtēnw

according to likeness ourpronH1823

like (-ness · as) · manner · similitude

וְ/יִרְדּוּ֩wəyirədw

and they may ruleconjH7287

make to) have dominion · prevail against · reign · (bear ···

בִ/דְגַ֨תbidəgat

over the fish ofpronH1710

הַ/יָּ֜םhayām

the seaparticleH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

וּ/בְ/ע֣וֹףwbəʿwōp

and over the birds ofconjH5775

that flieth · flying · fowl

הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִםhašāmayim

the heavensparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

וּ/בַ/בְּהֵמָה֙wbabəhēmāh

and over the livestockconjH929

cattle

וּ/בְ/כָלwbəkāl

and over allconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ

the earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וּ/בְ/כָלwbəkāl

and over everyconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/רֶ֖מֶשׂhāremeś

creeping thingparticleH7431

creeping thing

הָֽ/רֹמֵ֥שׂhārōmēś

which creepsparticleH7430

move

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ

the earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords 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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