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Genesis 1:22 Interlinear

blessed And God them saying Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let fowl and multiply in the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְבָ֧רֶךְH1288blessedto kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
2אֹתָ֛םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3אֱלֹהִ֖יםH430And 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
4לֵאמֹ֑רH559them sayingto say (used with great latitude)
5פְּר֣וּH6509Be fruitfulto bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
6יִ֥רֶבH7235and multiplyto increase (in whatever respect)
7וּמִלְא֤וּH4390and fillto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
8אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9הַמַּ֙יִם֙H4325the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
10בַּיַּמִּ֔יםH3220in the seasa sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
11וְהָע֖וֹףH5775and let fowla bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
12יִ֥רֶבH7235and multiplyto increase (in whatever respect)
13בָּאָֽרֶץ׃H776in the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Genesis 1:21created And God whales great ...
Genesis 1:22 (current)blessed And God them saying Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let fowl and multiply in the earth
Genesis 1:23 And the evening and the morning day were the fifth...

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