עֹֽשֶׂה־ (‘ō·śeh-) in Genesis 1:12: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
עֹֽשֶׂה־ (‘ō·śeh-) in Genesis 1:12
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:12 links the English rendering "bearing" with עֹֽשֶׂה־, Strong's H6213, and the morphology label V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form keeps the fulfillment report tied to visible fruit-bearing activity under the order of God's word.
How To Communicate It
When teaching Genesis 1:12, use this form to connect the grammar of bearing fruit with the fulfillment of God's command.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the participle label prove more than the fulfillment report 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 "bearing" within Genesis 1:12. 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 tree phrase in Genesis 1:12, where the earth brings forth trees bearing fruit with seed in them
The report that the earth brought forth vegetation according to God's command
It describes the tree by the fruit-bearing activity named in the fulfillment report.
The participle does not by itself prove every claim about creation order or biological reproduction. The verse and creation sequence supply that context.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form describes the fruit-bearing tree in the fulfillment report of Genesis 1:12.
Qal participle masculine singular describing fruit-bearing. describes the tree by its fruit-bearing activity. Attached to the tree phrase in Genesis 1:12. 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 does the form say about the tree? It presents the tree as bearing fruit with seed in it.
Direct: The participle directly supports the rendering "bearing" in this occurrence.
A Hebrew participle can describe characteristic, ongoing, or contextual action. The fulfillment report determines the force of the participle here. The masculine singular form agrees grammatically and is not a theological gender claim.
Participle proves process apart from context: The participle describes the tree in this verse; the creation report supplies the larger claim. grammar alone proves creation doctrine: The participle describes the tree in this verse; Genesis 1 governs the doctrine.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:12 links the English rendering "bearing" with עֹֽשֶׂה־, 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 "bearing" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The participle describes the tree by what it does: it bears fruit with seed according to its kind.
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 1:12, use this form to connect the grammar of bearing fruit with the fulfillment of God's command.
Do not derive a full doctrine of creation order or seed-bearing life from V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms alone. The form describes one phrase in the fulfillment report.