זַרְעוֹ־ (zar·‘ōw-) in Genesis 1:12: Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
זַרְעוֹ־ (zar·‘ōw-) in Genesis 1:12
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:12 links the English rendering "with seed" with זַרְעוֹ־, Strong's H2233, and the morphology tag N-msc | 3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies continuity between command and fulfillment: the vegetation comes forth with seed according to the ordered pattern described in the passage.
How To Communicate It
Use the form to ask what the fulfillment report says about the vegetation or fruit phrase. The grammar points to the seed relation, while Genesis 1 supplies the creation frame.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not draw theology from grammatical gender, number, or state apart from the verse.
- Do not treat the construct relationship as a complete interpretation of the passage.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for the whole Hebrew lemma.
- Do not treat the attached suffix as a full theology of the participant; let the verse identify the relationship.
- Do not use the grammar profile as a shortcut around the wording and logic of the verse.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Third person masculine singular
Masculine
Singular
Construct
This form carries the BSB rendering "with seed" within Genesis 1:12. Genesis 1 presents God as Creator who orders, names, blesses, and declares his creation good.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The phrase rendered "with seed" in Genesis 1:12
The construct noun with suffix stands in the fulfillment report after God's command for vegetation and fruit trees.
It identifies seed as belonging within the plant or fruit phrase in the reported fulfillment of God's command.
The form does not by itself settle every use of H2233, prove a full doctrine of created order, or make grammatical gender a biological claim.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form contributes to Genesis 1's fulfillment report of ordered seed-bearing vegetation.
Construct noun with third-person suffix. marks seed as belonging within the plant or fruit phrase. Attached to the seed-bearing phrase in Genesis 1:12. Governed by the fulfillment report after God's vegetation command. The same seed relation appears in the fulfillment report that follows the command.
What relation does the form mark in the fulfillment report? It marks seed as belonging within the plant or fruit phrase in Genesis 1:12.
Direct: The construct noun and suffix directly support the seed relation rendered in English as "with seed."
The suffix relation should be read with the immediate vegetation and fruit context. Grammatical gender in the form should not be treated as a biological claim.
Construct form proves creation biology by itself: The form clarifies the phrase relation; Genesis 1 supplies the creation context. masculine means male: Masculine is grammatical gender here and does not make a biological claim.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:12 links the English rendering "with seed" with זַרְעוֹ־, Strong's H2233, and the morphology tag N-msc | 3ms.
H2233 is represented here by the lemma זֶרַע. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "with seed" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular functions as a construct phrase in Genesis 1:12. The suffix marks seed related to the plant or fruit phrase in the fulfillment report.
Genesis 1 presents God as Creator who orders, names, blesses, and declares his creation good.
The form fits Scripture's creation witness, where God's word and action establish the world as dependent on him.
When teaching Genesis 1:12, use this form to connect the fulfillment report to the command in Genesis 1:11 without making the grammar carry more than the clause supplies.
Do not make the construct form alone prove a full doctrine of creation order or biological reproduction. The form clarifies the seed relation in this fulfillment clause.