Genesis 1:28 — King James Version← Study notes
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
Genesis 1:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:2822 words
וַיְבָרֶךְwayḇāreḵAnd blessed
אֹתָםʾōṯāmthem
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerand said
לָהֶםlāhemunto them
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
פְּרוּpərûBe fruitful
וּרְבוּûrəḇûand multiply
וּמִלְאוּûmilʾûand replenish
אֶתʾeṯ—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וְכִבְשֻׁהָwəḵiḇšûhāand subdue it
וּרְדוּûrəḏûand have dominion
בִּדְגַתbiḏgaṯover the fish of
הַיָּםhayyāmthe sea
וּבְעוֹףûḇəʿôp̄and over the fowl of
הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe air
וּבְכָלûḇəḵōland over every
חַיָּהḥayyāhliving thing
הָרֹמֶשֶׂתhārōmeśeṯthat moveth
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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