Genesis 1:29 — King James Version← Study notes
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
Genesis 1:29 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 1:2927 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayyōʾmerAnd said
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
הִנֵּהhinnēhBehold
נָתַתִּיnāṯattîI have given
לָכֶםlāḵemyou
אֶתʾeṯ—
כָּלkōlevery
עֵשֶׂבʿēśeḇherb
זֹרֵעַzōrēaʿbearing
זֶרַעzeraʿseed
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwhich
עַלʿalupon
פְּנֵיpənêthe face of
כָלkōlall
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וְאֶתwəʾeṯand
כָּלkōlevery
הָעֵץhāʿēṣtree
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerin the which
בוֹbôis
פְרִיpərîfruit of
עֵץʿēṣa tree
זֹרֵעַzōrēaʿyielding
זָרַעzāraʿseed
לָכֶםlāḵemto you
יִהְיֶהyihyehit shall be
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhfor meat
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