Genesis 1:30
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יֶרֶקyereqproperly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concrete
- רָמַשׂrâmasproperly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
- עֶשֶׂבʻesebgrass (or any tender shoot)
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 104:14, Psa 147:9, Psa 145:15–16, Job 40:20, Job 38:39–41, Job 40:15, Gen 9:3, Job 39:8