וְחַֽיְתוֹ־ (wə·ḥay·ṯōw-) in Genesis 1:24: Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
וְחַֽיְתוֹ־ (wə·ḥay·ṯōw-) in Genesis 1:24
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:24 links the English rendering "and beasts" with וְחַֽיְתוֹ־, Strong's H2416, and the morphology tag Conj-w | N-fsc | 3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form helps readers follow the ordered list of land creatures and see that this phrase belongs inside God's command for the earth to bring forth living creatures according to their kinds.
How To Communicate It
When teaching Genesis 1:24, use this form to show how the verse names ordered creature categories under God's command. The grammar helps trace the list, but the verse carries the creation claim.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Grammar should serve Genesis 1:24, not override the creation command.
- Do not use the feminine construct form or third-person suffix to make a biological claim.
- Do not treat the creature-category phrase as a full taxonomy by itself.
- Do not make the conjunction carry more weight than the sentence gives it.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for every use of H2416.
- 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
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Conjunctive waw
Third person masculine singular
Feminine
Singular
Construct
This form carries the BSB rendering "and beasts" within Genesis 1:24. Genesis 1 presents God ordering, filling, naming, blessing, and giving life to the created world by his word.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The land-creature list in Genesis 1:24
God's command for the earth to bring forth living creatures according to their kinds
The coordinated construct phrase helps identify one category in the ordered list of land creatures, rendered with the following earth phrase as beasts of the earth.
The form does not by itself settle a full theology of animal life, created kinds, or biological classification; Genesis 1:24 supplies the command context.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form helps structure Genesis 1:24's land-creature list and its ordered creation language.
Coordinated construct noun with third-person suffix. adds a creature category within the phrase rendered as beasts of the earth. Attached to the land-creature list in Genesis 1:24. Governed by God's command for the earth to bring forth living creatures. The phrase relation should be read from the surrounding list and following earth language, not from the morphology tag alone.
How does this form fit the creature list? It adds a land-creature category within the ordered list of living creatures in Genesis 1:24.
Direct: The coordinated construct form directly supports the local wording relation behind the English rendering "and beasts" in the larger "of the earth" phrase.
The third-person suffix is part of the form, but the creature-category function comes from the full phrase and list. The construct relation should not be turned into a complete biological taxonomy.
Construct chain proves a full creation biology by itself: The construct phrase clarifies the list relation; Genesis 1 supplies the creation context. grammatical gender or suffix proves biological sex: The feminine form and third-person suffix are grammatical features here, not biological claims.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:24 links the English rendering "and beasts" with וְחַֽיְתוֹ־, Strong's H2416, and the morphology tag Conj-w | N-fsc | 3ms.
H2416 is represented here by the lemma חַי. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "and beasts" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The waw adds this phrase to the land-creature categories, and the construct form keeps it bound to the surrounding phrase rather than treating it as a detached noun. The third-person suffix is part of the form, but the creature category is interpreted from the whole Genesis 1:24 list.
Genesis 1 presents God ordering, filling, naming, blessing, and giving life to the created world by his word.
The form fits Scripture's opening witness that creation is received from God and interpreted under his speech and order.
When teaching Genesis 1:24, use this form to show how the verse names ordered creature categories under God's command. The grammar helps trace the list, but the verse carries the creation claim.
Do not build a full doctrine of animal life, kinds, or creation biology from the construct form or suffix alone. The form clarifies one phrase in Genesis 1:24.