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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | H559 | said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | H430 | And God | gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of |
| 3 | יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ | H8317 | bring forth abundantly | to wriggle, i.e., (by implication) swarm or abound |
| 4 | הַמַּ֔יִם | H4325 | Let the waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 5 | שֶׁ֖רֶץ | H8318 | the moving creature | a swarm, i.e., active mass of minute animals |
| 6 | נֶ֣פֶשׁ | H5315 | that hath | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 7 | חַיָּ֑ה | H2416 | life | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 8 | וְעוֹף֙ | H5775 | and fowl | a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively |
| 9 | יְעוֹפֵ֣ף | H5774 | that may fly | to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning) |
| 10 | עַל | H5921 | above | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| 11 | הָאָ֔רֶץ | H776 | the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 12 | עַל | H5921 | above | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| 13 | פְּנֵ֖י | H6440 | in the open | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 14 | רְקִ֥יעַ | H7549 | firmament | properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky |
| 15 | הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | H8064 | of heaven | the 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
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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
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