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Genesis 1:26 Interlinear

said And God Let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth and over all the earth

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
3נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥הH6213Let us maketo do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4אָדָ֛םH120manruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
5בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּH6754in our imagea phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
6כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּH1823after our likenessresemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
7וְיִרְדּוּ֩H7287and let them have dominionto tread down, i.e., subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
8בִדְגַ֨תH1710over the fishfish
9הַיָּ֜םH3220of the seaa 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
10וּבְע֣וֹףH5775and over the fowla bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
11הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםH8064of the airthe 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
12וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙H929and over the cattleproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
13וּבְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776and over all the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
15וּבְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16הָרֶ֖מֶשׂH7431and over every creeping thinga reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
17הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂH7430that creepethproperly, to glide swiftly, i.e., to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
18עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
19הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776and over all the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Genesis 1:25made And God the beast of the earth after his kind...
Genesis 1:26 (current)said And God Let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth and over all the earth
Genesis 1:27created So God man in his own image in his own image...

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