Focused Passage

Genesis 1:20-23

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

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20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

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Verse 20

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And Godאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularLet the watersהַמַּ֔יִםH4325Article | Noun - masculine pluralteemיִשְׁרְצ֣וּH8317Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralwith livingנֶ֣פֶשׁH5315Noun - feminine singular. . .חַיָּ֑הH2416Adjective - feminine singularcreaturesשֶׁ֖רֶץH8318Noun - masculine singular constructand let birdsוְעוֹף֙H5775Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularflyיְעוֹפֵ֣ףH5774Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularaboveעַל־H5921Prepositionthe earthהָאָ֔רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularinעַל־H5921Prepositionthe openפְּנֵ֖יH6440Noun - common plural constructexpanseרְקִ֥יעַH7549Noun - masculine singular constructof the skyהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃H8064Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 21

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Soאֶת־H853Direct object markerGodאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine pluralcreatedוַיִּבְרָ֣אH1254Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe greatהַגְּדֹלִ֑יםH1419Article | Adjective - masculine plural-וְאֵ֣תH853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markersea creaturesהַתַּנִּינִ֖םH8577Article | Noun - masculine pluraland everyכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructlivingהַֽחַיָּ֣ה׀H2416Article | Adjective - feminine singularthingנֶ֣פֶשׁH5315Noun - feminine singularthat movesהָֽרֹמֶ֡שֶׂתH7430Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular[with] whichאֲשֶׁר֩H834Pronoun - relativethe watersהַמַּ֜יִםH4325Article | Noun - masculine pluralteemedשָׁרְצ֨וּH8317Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralaccording to their kindsלְמִֽינֵהֶ֗םH4327Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralandוְאֵ֨תH853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markereveryכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructwingedכָּנָף֙H3671Noun - feminine singularbirdע֤וֹףH5775Noun - masculine singularafter its kindלְמִינֵ֔הוּH4327Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularAnd Godאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsawוַיַּ֥רְאH7200Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthatכִּי־H3588Conjunction[it was] goodטֽוֹב׃H2896Adjective - masculine singular
Verse 22

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Then Godאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430Noun - masculine pluralblessedוַיְבָ֧רֶךְH1288Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthemאֹתָ֛םH853Direct object marker | third person masculine plural[and] saidלֵאמֹ֑רH559Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructBe fruitfulפְּר֣וּH6509Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland multiplyוּרְב֗וּH7235Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland fillוּמִלְא֤וּH4390Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe watersהַמַּ֙יִם֙H4325Article | Noun - masculine pluralof the seasבַּיַּמִּ֔יםH3220Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluraland let birdsוְהָע֖וֹףH5775Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularmultiplyיִ֥רֶבH7235Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularon the earthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃H776Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 23

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And there wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulareveningעֶ֥רֶבH6153Noun - masculine singularand there wasוַֽיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularmorningבֹ֖קֶרH1242Noun - masculine singularthe fifthחֲמִישִֽׁי׃פH2549Number - ordinal masculine singulardayי֥וֹםH3117Noun - masculine singular

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