עֹ֤שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh) in Genesis 1:11: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
עֹ֤שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh) in Genesis 1:11
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:11 links the English rendering "each bearing" with עֹ֤שֶׂה, Strong's H6213, and the morphology label V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form helps the reader see that Genesis 1:11 names vegetation according to ordered, fruitful activity under God's speech.
How To Communicate It
When teaching Genesis 1:11, use this form to show that the grammar describes the tree by what it bears, while the creation command governs the theological claim.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the participle label prove more than the creation command states.
- Do not use the Qal stem by itself to settle a theological claim.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for H6213.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Qal
Participle
Not marked
Masculine
Singular
The participle describes the actor or action in the sentence, giving the line a concrete, ongoing, or characteristic force in context.
This form carries the BSB rendering "each bearing" within Genesis 1:11. 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 fruit-tree phrase in Genesis 1:11, where the tree is described as bearing fruit
The creation command that calls forth vegetation and fruit trees by kind
It describes the fruit tree by its fruit-bearing activity, making the phrase concrete rather than treating the tree as an abstract category.
The participle does not by itself establish a full doctrine of creation, reproduction, or kinds. The command and verse context carry that larger claim.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form describes fruit-bearing within the first vegetation command of Genesis 1.
Qal participle masculine singular describing a fruit tree. describes the tree by its fruit-bearing activity. Attached to the fruit-tree phrase in Genesis 1:11. Governed by the clause and passage context. The Hebrew form should be explained from the clause and context, not flattened into one automatic English value.
What kind of tree is being described? A fruit tree characterized by bearing fruit.
Direct: The participle directly supports the rendering "each bearing" in this occurrence.
A Hebrew participle can describe characteristic, ongoing, or contextual action. The creation command determines the force of the participle here. The masculine singular form agrees grammatically and is not a biological or theological gender claim.
Participle proves ongoing process by itself: The participle describes the tree in this command; the verse context supplies the force. Qal means the claim is simple: Qal identifies the stem; the passage carries the theological weight.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:11 links the English rendering "each bearing" with עֹ֤שֶׂה, Strong's H6213, and the morphology label V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms.
H6213 is represented here by the lemma עָשָׂה. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "each bearing" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The participle presents the tree by its characteristic action in the creation command: it is a fruit tree bearing fruit.
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 1:11, use this form to show that the grammar describes the tree by what it bears, while the creation command governs the theological claim.
Do not derive a full doctrine of creation kinds, fruitfulness, or divine order from V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms alone. The form describes one phrase within the command.