Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 1:20 Interlinear

said And God bring forth abundantly Let the waters the moving creature that hath life and fowl that may fly above the earth above in the open firmament of heaven

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֱלֹהִ֔יםH430And Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
3יִשְׁרְצ֣וּH8317bring forth abundantlyto wriggle, i.e., (by implication) swarm or abound
4הַמַּ֔יִםH4325Let the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
5שֶׁ֖רֶץH8318the moving creaturea swarm, i.e., active mass of minute animals
6נֶ֣פֶשׁH5315that hathproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
7חַיָּ֑הH2416lifealive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
8וְעוֹף֙H5775and fowla bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
9יְעוֹפֵ֣ףH5774that may flyto fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
10עַלH5921aboveabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11הָאָ֔רֶץH776the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
12עַלH5921aboveabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
13פְּנֵ֖יH6440in the openthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
14רְקִ֥יעַH7549firmamentproperly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
15הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃H8064of heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

Verse Context

Genesis 1:19 And the evening and the morning day were the fourth...
Genesis 1:20 (current)said And God bring forth abundantly Let the waters the moving creature that hath life and fowl that may fly above the earth above in the open firmament of heaven
Genesis 1:21created And God whales great ...

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