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

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְבָ֣רֶךְwayəbārekə

and he blessedconjH1288

abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···

אֹתָ/ם֮ʾōtām

themparticleH853

אֱלֹהִים֒ʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

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

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לָ/הֶ֜םlāhem

pron

אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

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

פְּר֥וּpərw

be fruitfulverbH6509

bring forth · (be · cause to be · make) fruitful ···

וּ/רְב֛וּwrəbw

and multiplyconjH7235

archer (by mistake for

וּ/מִלְא֥וּwmiləʾw

and fillconjH4390

confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אָ֖רֶץhāʾāreṣ

the earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וְ/כִבְשֻׁ֑/הָwəkibəšuhā

and subdue itconjH3533

force · keep under · subdue · bring into subjection

וּ/רְד֞וּwrədw

and ruleconjH7287

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

בִּ/דְגַ֤תbidəgat

over the fish ofpronH1710

הַ/יָּם֙hayām

the seaparticleH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

וּ/בְ/ע֣וֹףwbəʿwōp

and over the birds ofconjH5775

that flieth · flying · fowl

הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםhašāmayim

the heavensparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

וּ/בְ/כָלwbəkāl

and over everyconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

חַיָּ֖הḥayāh

animalnounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

הָֽ/רֹמֶ֥שֶׂתhārōmeśet

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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Jonas ErikssonNote2mo ago

Stewardship

Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over every living creature - this is one of the most misread verses in Genesis, and it matters enormously how we read it. Subd...

David MensahNote2mo ago

Cultural mandate

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