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Genesis 1:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.


Genesis 1:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 1:3021 words
וּלְכָלûləḵōlAnd to every
חַיַּתḥayyaṯbeast of
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וּלְכָלûləḵōland to every
עוֹףʿôp̄fowl of
הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe air
וּלְכֹלûləḵōland to every thing
רוֹמֵשׂrômēśthat creepeth
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwherein
בּוֹthere is
נֶפֶשׁnepešlife
חַיָּהḥayyāhliving
אֶתʾeṯ
כָּלkōlevery
יֶרֶקyereqgreen
עֵשֶׂבʿēśeḇherb
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhfor meat
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּלְכָלûləḵōlAnd to every
חַיַּתḥayyaṯbeast of
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
וּלְכָלûləḵōland to every
עוֹףʿôp̄fowl of
הַשָּׁמַיִםhaššāmayimthe air
וּלְכֹלûləḵōland to every thing
רוֹמֵשׂrômēśthat creepeth
עַלʿalupon
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣthe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerwherein
בּוֹthere is
נֶפֶשׁnepešlife
חַיָּהḥayyāhliving
אֶתʾeṯdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkōlevery
יֶרֶקyereqgreen
עֵשֶׂבʿēśeḇherb
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhfor meat
וַיְהִיwayhîand it was
כֵןḵēnso

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