Genesis 1:20
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- שָׁרַץshâratsto wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
- רָקִיעַrâqîyaʻproperly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- שֶׁרֶץsheretsa swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
- עוּףʻûwphto fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
- עַלʻalabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 2:19, Psa 104:24–25, 1Ki 4:33, Psa 148:10, Gen 1:30, Gen 1:7, Gen 8:17, Gen 1:22